Abt 1131 - 1180 (49 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Mary of Blois, Princess of England was born about 1131 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France; died on 25 Jul 1180. Other Events and Attributes:
- Religion: say 1155
- Religion: 1173
Notes:
Birth: von Redlich (1941) and Weis (1976) give her birth year as 1136.
Death: von Redlich (1941) and Weis (1976) give her death year as 1182.
Religion:
She became the Abbess of Romsey in Hamshire until 1160. She was then forcibly abducted from the convent and forced to marry.
Religion:
After the end of her marriage, she returned to the convent of St. Austrebert, near Montreuil, France.
Mary married Matthew of Alsace, Comte de Boulogne in 1160, and was divorced on 1169 - 1170. Matthew (son of Dietrich von Lothringen II, Count of Alsace and Flanders and Sybil of Anjou) was born about 1137; died on 25 Jul 1173; was buried in Saint-Josse, Hauts-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
3. | Matilda of Bloulogne (1.Mary1) was born about 1162; died in 1211 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: She was the heiress of Countship of Boulogne. Her name was also spelt Maud of Flanders.
- Last Full Review: 25 Feb 2021
Notes:
Death: Weis (1982) gives her death date as 1240.
Name:
Matilda married Henry I "the Courageous", Duke of Brabant in 1179. Henry (son of Godfrey III, Duke of Brabant and of Lower Lorraine and Margaret von Limbourg) was born in 1165 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium; died on 5 Sep 1235 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; was buried in St. Peter's Church, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
7. | Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Holland (3.Matilda2, 1.Mary1) was born in 1200; died on 21 Dec 1267; was buried in Abbey Church, Loosduinen, South Holland, Netherlands. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: Her name is also spelt Mathilde.
- Last Full Review: 5 Aug 2020
Notes:
Name:
Matilda married Henry II, Count Palatine of the Rhine in 1212 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Henry died on 25 Apr 1214; was buried in Schönau Abbey, Schönau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Matilda married Florenz IV, Count of Holland on 6 Dec 1224. Florenz (son of William I, Comte de Holland and East Friesland and Adelaide of Guelders) was born on 24 Jun 1210 in The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands; died on 19 Jul 1234 in Corbie, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | Henry II "the Magnanimous", Duke of Brabant and Lorraine (3.Matilda2, 1.Mary1) was born in 1207; died on 1 Feb 1247/48 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Other Events and Attributes:
- Title(s): 1235; He succeeded as the Duke of Brabant upon the death of his father in 1235.
Notes:
Birth: von Redlich (1941) gives his birth year as 1189.
Henry married Maria von Hohenstauffen, Princess of Germany on 9 Feb 1207. Maria (daughter of Philip II von Hohenstauffen, Emperor of Germany and Irene Angelica, Queen of Sicily) was born in 1201 in Swabia, Germany; died in 1235 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Henry married Sophia von Hessen about 1240. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
10. | William II of Holland (7.Matilda3, 3.Matilda2, 1.Mary1) was born in 1227; died on 28 Jan 1256 in West Frisia, Netherlands. Other Events and Attributes:
- Title(s): 1234; He became the Count of Holland.
- Crowned: 1247
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12. | Adelaide of Holland (7.Matilda3, 3.Matilda2, 1.Mary1) was born about 1225; died in 1284. Other Events and Attributes:
- Offices Held: From 1256 to 1263; She governed Holland and Sealand from 1256 to 1263.
- Offices Held: From 1258 to 1263; She was the Regent of Holland from 1258 to 1263.
Adelaide married Jean I d'Avêsnes, Seigneur d'Avesnes on 9 Oct 1246. Jean (son of Sir Bouchard d'Avêsnes, Seigneur d'Avêsnes and d'Etroen and Margaret, Countess of Hainault and Flanders) was born on 1 May 1218 in Etraeungt, Nord, France (not found); died on 24 Dec 1257; was buried in Valenciennes, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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16. | Matilda of Brabant (8.Henry3, 3.Matilda2, 1.Mary1) died on 29 Sep 1288; was buried in Abbaye Notre-Dame de Cercamp, Frévent, Hauts-de-France, France. Matilda married Robert I, Count of Artois on 14 Jun 1237 in Compiègne, Oise, Hauts-de-France, France. Robert (son of Louis VIII "the Lion", King of France and Blanche of Castile, Princess of Castile, Queen of France) was born in Sep 1216; died on 9 Feb 1250 in Mansoura, Egypt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 21. Blanche of Artois was born about 1248; died on 2 May 1302 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
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Matilda married Guy de Chatillon, Count de St. Pol on Yes, date unknown. Guy died on 12 Mar 1289. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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