Henry II, Duke of Brabant
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Henry II of Brabant was Duke of Brabant
and Lothier
after the death of his father Henry I
in 1235. His mother was Mathilde of Flanders
Henry II supported his sister Mathilde's son, William II, Count of Holland
, in the latter's bid for election as German King.
(April 3, 1201–1235, Leuven), daughter of Philip of Swabia
and Irene Angelina
. They had six children:
His second marriage was to Sophie of Thuringia
(March 20, 1224 – May 29, 1275), daughter of Ludwig IV of Thuringia
and Elisabeth of Hungary
by whom he had two children:
Duke of Brabant
The Duchy of Brabant was formally erected in 1183/1184. The title "Duke of Brabant" was created by the German Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in favor of Henry I, son of Godfrey III of Leuven . The Duchy of Brabant was a feudal elevation of the since 1085/1086 existing title of Landgrave of Brabant...
and Lothier
Duke of Lothier
Lothier refers to the territory within the Duchy of Lower Lotharingia, governed by the Dukes of Brabant and their successors after 1190 until the end of the Ancien Régime in 1796....
after the death of his father Henry I
Henry I, Duke of Brabant
Henry I of Brabant , named "The Courageous" Duke of Brabant and Duke of Lower Lotharingia until his death.-Biography:...
in 1235. His mother was Mathilde of Flanders
Mathilde of Flanders
Matilde of Flanders was the youngest daughter of Marie I, Countess of Boulogne and her husband Matthew, Count of Boulogne. Matilde was Duchess of Brabant, by her marriage to Henry I, Duke of Brabant.- Family :...
Henry II supported his sister Mathilde's son, William II, Count of Holland
William, King of the Romans
William II of Holland was a Count of Holland and Zeeland . He was elected as German anti-king in 1247 and remained king until his death....
, in the latter's bid for election as German King.
Family and children
His first marriage was to Marie of HohenstaufenMarie of Hohenstaufen
Marie of Hohenstaufen was a member of the powerful Hohenstaufen dynasty of German kings which lasted from 1138 to 1254. She is also known to history as Maria of Swabia....
(April 3, 1201–1235, Leuven), daughter of Philip of Swabia
Philip of Swabia
Philip of Swabia was king of Germany and duke of Swabia, the rival of the emperor Otto IV.-Biography:Philip was the fifth and youngest son of Emperor Frederick I and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy, daughter of Renaud III, count of Burgundy, and brother of the emperor Henry VI...
and Irene Angelina
Irene Angelina
Irene Angelina was the daughter of the Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelos by his first wife, perhaps named Herina, possibly a member of the Tornikes family.- Marriage and issue :...
. They had six children:
- Henry III, Duke of BrabantHenry III, Duke of BrabantHenry III of Brabant was Duke of Brabant between 1248 and his death. He was the son of Henry II of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen....
(d. 1261) - Philip, died young
- Matilda of BrabantMatilda of BrabantMatilda of Brabant was the eldest daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and his first wife Marie of Hohenstaufen.-Marriages and children:...
(1224 – September 29, 1288), married:- in CompiègneCompiègneCompiègne is a city in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Oise.The city is located along the Oise River...
June 14, 1237 to Robert I of ArtoisRobert I of ArtoisRobert I , called the Good, was the first Count of Artois, the fifth son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile.-Life:...
; - before May 31, 1254 to Guy II of Châtillon, Count of Saint Pol.
- in Compiègne
- Beatrix (1225 – November 11, 1288), married:
- at KreuzburgKreuzburgThe German placename Kreuzburg may refer to:* Kluczbork , Poland * Slavskoye, Russia, a settlement in Russia; formerly part of the German Province of East Prussia...
March 10, 1241 Heinrich RaspeHeinrich RaspeHenry Raspe succeeded Hermann II as Landgrave of Thuringia in central Germany in 1241; he later was elected anti-king in 1246–1247 in opposition to Conrad IV of Germany....
Landgrave of Thuringia; - in Leuven November 1247 to William III of DampierreWilliam III of DampierreWilliam III was the lord of Dampierre from 1231 and count of Flanders from 1247 until his death. He was the son of William II of Dampierre and Margaret II of Flanders....
, Count of FlandersCount of FlandersThe Count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders from the 9th century until the abolition of the position by the French revolutionaries in 1790....
(1224 – June 6, 1251).
- at Kreuzburg
- Marie of BrabantMarie of Brabant (1226-1256)Marie of Brabant was a daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen. She married Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, being the first of three wives.- Family :...
(c. 1226 – January 18, 1256, DonauwörthDonauwörthDonauwörth is a city in the German State of Bavaria , in the region of Swabia . It is said to have been founded by two fisherman where the Danube and Wörnitz rivers meet...
), married Louis II, Duke of Upper BavariaLouis II, Duke of BavariaDuke Louis II of Bavaria was Duke of Bavaria and Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1253. Born in Heidelberg, he was a son of duke Otto II and Agnes of the Palatinate...
. She was beheaded by her husband on suspicion of infidelity. - Margaret (d. March 14, 1277), Abbess of Herzogenthal.
His second marriage was to Sophie of Thuringia
Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant
Sophie of Thuringia was the second wife and only Duchess consort of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lothier. She was the heiress of Hesse which she passed on to her son, Henry upon her retention of the territory following her partial victory in the War of the Thuringian Succession in which she was...
(March 20, 1224 – May 29, 1275), daughter of Ludwig IV of Thuringia
Ludwig IV of Thuringia
Ludwig IV or Louis IV was the Landgrave of Thuringia from 1217 to 1227.Louis was born in Creuzburg to Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, and Duchess Sophia, daughter of Otto of Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria. Upon his father's death in 1216, Louis ascended the Thuringian throne at the age of...
and Elisabeth of Hungary
Elisabeth of Hungary
Elizabeth of Hungary, T.O.S.F., was a princess of the Kingdom of Hungary, Countess of Thuringia, Germany and a greatly-venerated Catholic saint. Elizabeth was married at the age of 14, and widowed at 20. She then became one of the first members of the newly-founded Third Order of St. Francis,...
by whom he had two children:
- Henry (1244–1308, created Landgrave of HesseHesseHesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
in 1264. - Elizabeth (1243 – October 9, 1261), married in BraunschweigBraunschweigBraunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....
July 13, 1254 to Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-LüneburgAlbert I, Duke of Brunswick-LüneburgAlbert the Tall , of the House of Welf, was Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1252 to 1269 and the first ruler of the newly created Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel from 1269 until his death.-Life:...
Ancestry
See also
- Dukes of Brabant family treeDukes of Brabant family treeThis is a family tree of the Dukes of Brabant from 1139 up to 1430. Godfrey I, count of Leuven, became Duke of Lower Lotharingia in 1106. Henry I became the first Duke of Brabant in 1183/1184.See also:*Duchy of Brabant*List of family trees...