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Duke of Brabant and Lothier from 1235
Henry II of Brabant (
Dutch: Hendrik,
French: Henri; 1207 – February 1, 1248) was
Duke of Brabant and
Lothier after the death of his father
Henry I in 1235. His mother was
Matilda of Boulogne.
Henry II supported his sister Mathilde's son,
William II of Holland, in his bid for election as
king of Germany.
His first marriage was to
Marie of Hohenstaufen (April 3, 1207–1235, Leuven), daughter of
Philip of Swabia and
Irene Angelina. They had six children:
-
Henry III, Duke of Brabant (d. 1261)
- Philip, died young
-
Matilda of Brabant (1224 – September 29, 1288), married:
-
Robert I of Artois, 14 June 1237, in
Compiègne
- before May 31, 1254 to
Guy II of Châtillon,
Count of Saint Pol.
-
Beatrix (1225 – November 11, 1288), married:
- at
Creuzburg March 10, 1241,
Heinrich Raspe,
Landgrave of Thuringia;
- in Leuven November 1247 to
William III of Dampierre,
Count of Flanders (1224 – June 6, 1251).
-
Maria of Brabant (c. 1226 – January 18, 1256,
Donauwörth), married
Louis II, Duke of Upper Bavaria. She was beheaded by her husband on suspicion of infidelity.
- Margaret (d. March 14, 1277), Abbess of
Valduc Abbey (Hertogendal).
His second marriage was to
Sophie of Thuringia (March 20, 1224 – May 29, 1275), daughter of
Ludwig IV of Thuringia and
Saint Elisabeth of Hungary, by whom he had two children:
-
Henry (1244–1308), created Landgrave of
Hesse in 1264.
- Elizabeth (1243 – October 9, 1261), married
Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry died in
Leuven, aged about 40.
References
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