Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lorraine

1207 - 1248  (41 years)

• Name	Henry II
  Nickname	the Magnanimous
  Birth	1207  [2, 4, 5]
  Title(s)	1235 (28 years)  [3, 5]
  He succeeded as the Duke of Brabant upon the death of his father in 1235.
  Death	1 Feb 1247/48	Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Siblings	1 brother and 4 sisters
  > 1. Mary of Brabant,   b. Abt 1190   d. 1260  (Age 70 years) ▻ Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor,  m. Aft 19 May 1214 ;   William I, Count of Holland > 2. Adeaide,   b. Abt 1190 ▻ Arnold III, Count of Looz,  m. 1206 ;   William X of Auvergne,  m. 1225 ;   Arnold van Wesemaele,  m. Bef 21 Apr 1251 > 3. Margaret,   b. 1192   d. 1231  (Age 39 years) ▻ Gerhard III, Count of Guelders,  m. Jan 1206 + 4. Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Holland,   b. 1200   d. 21 Dec 1267  (Age 67 years) ▻ Henry II, Count Palatine of the Rhine,  m. 1212 ;   Florenz IV, Count of Holland,  m. 6 Dec 1224 + 5. Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lorraine,   b. 1207   d. 1 Feb 1247/48, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium  (Age 41 years) ▻ Maria von Hohenstauffen, Princess of Germany,  m. 9 Feb 1207 ;   Sophia von Hessen,  m. Abt 1240 > 6. Godfrey, Lord of Gaesbeek ,   b. 1209   d. 21 Jan 1254  (Age 45 years) ▻ Marie van Oudenaarde
  Half siblings	2 half sisters (family of Henry I and Marie of France )
  > 1. Elizabeth   d. 23 Oct 1272 ▻ Count Dietrich of Cleves, Lord of Dinslaken,  m. 19 Mar 1233 ;   Gerhard II, Count of Wassenberg,  m. 1246   2. Marie   d. young
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Mainier, Count of Sens, Duke of Austria   d. 800  (12 x Great Grandfather)  Ita of Swabia  (9 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3154	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	14 Jan 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: von Redlich (1941) gives his birth year as 1189. [7]

  
  

Father	Henry I, Duke of Brabant,   b. 1165, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium d. 5 Sep 1235, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Age 70 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Matilda of Bloulogne,   b. About 1162   d. 1211, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium (Age 49 years)
Relationship	Birth
Family ID	F2548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner 1	Maria von Hohenstauffen, Princess of Germany,   b. 1201, Swabia, Germany d. 1235, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium (Age 34 years)
Marriage	9 Feb 1207  [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 2 months - She : ~ 6 years and 2 months.
Notes	Date: Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 1215. [3]
Children	1 son and 1 daughter
+   1. Henry III, Duke of Brabant   d. 28 Feb 1260  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Alix of Burgundy +   2. Matilda of Brabant   d. 29 Sep 1288 ▻ Robert I, Count of Artois  m. 14 Jun 1237;   Guy de Chatillon, Count de St. Pol   m. Yes, date unknow
Family ID	F2543	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	14 Jan 2022




Spouse / Partner 2	Sophia von Hessen  [2]
Marriage	Abt 1240  [2]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 33 years - She : ??.
Family ID	F2547	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	25 Feb 2021




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lorraine(1207 – 1 Feb 1247/48) 2Henry I, Duke of Brabant(1165 – 1235) 4Godfrey III, Duke of Brabant and of Lower Lorraine(1142 – 1190) 8Godfrey II, Duke of Brabant and of Lower Lorraine(1108 – 1142) 16Godfrey I of Brabant, Duke of Brabant and Lower Lorraine(1060 – 1139) 17Ida of Namur and Chiny(1083 – 1122) 9Luitgarde von Saltzbach(1120 – 1162) 18Berenger II, Count of Sultzbach(1080 – 1125) 19Adelaide von Wolfratshausen(Abt 1084 – 1126) 5Margaret von Limbourg(1139 – 1172/73) 10Henry II, Duke of Limburg, Count of Arlon(1115 – 1167) 20Waleran III, Count of Arlon, Wassenburg and Limburg; Duke of Lower Lorraine 21Jutta(Abt 1090 – 1151) 11Matilda von Saffenburg( – 1145) 22Adolph von Saffenberg, Count of Saffenberg(Abt 1095 – 1152) 23Margaret von Schwartzenburg(Abt 1100 – ) 3Matilda of Bloulogne(1162 – 1211) 6Matthew of Alsace, Comte de Boulogne(Abt 1137 – 1173) 12Dietrich von Lothringen II, Count of Alsace and Flanders(1101 – 1166) 24Dietrich II, Duke of Upper Lorraine(1060 – 1115) 25Gertrude of Flanders(Abt 1070 – 1126) 13Sybil of Anjou(1112 – 1165) 26Fulk V, King of Jerusalem, Count of Anjou(1092 – 1143) 27Ermenbourg of Maine( – 1126) 7Mary of Blois, Princess of England(Abt 1131 – 1180) 14Stephen of Blois, King of England (1095/96 – 1154) 28Stephen III, Count of Blois(1046 – 1102) 29Adele of Normandy, Princess of England(1062 – 8 Mar 1137/38) 15Matilda, Countess of Boulogne(Abt 1105 – 1151) 30Eustace III, Count of Boulogne and Lens(Abt 1058 – 1125) 31Mary, Princess of Scotland( – 1116)

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 1 Feb 1247/48 - Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1472] Stone, Don C. and Charles R Owens. "[Eirene?], First wife of Emperor Isaakios II Angelos, is Probable Tornikina and Gateway to Antiquity" , (Vowchurch, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation of Medieval Genealogy, volume 3, number 5, January 2011). [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia. Henry I, Duke of Brabant [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html). [S310] Moriarty, G. Andrews. The Descent of the Plantagenet Kings from the Holy Roman Emperors, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CI, January 1947). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).