Henry II Duke of Brabant 1
- Born: 1207
- Marriage (1): Marie of Hohenstaufen before 22 Aug 1215
- Died: 1 Feb 1248, Leuven, Brabant, (Flemish Brabant), Flanders, (Belgium) at age 41
Other names for Henry were Hendrik II van Brabant and Henri II de Brabant.
Research Notes:
Duke of Brabant and Lothier.
From Wikipedia - Henry II, Duke of Brabant :
Henry II of Brabant (French: Henri II de Brabant, Dutch: Hendrik II van Brabant, 1207 - February 1 , 1248 in Leuven ) 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.
Family and children His first marriage was to Marie of Hohenstaufen (April 3 , 1201 -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: in Compiègne June 14 , 1237 to Robert I of Artois ; before May 31 , 1254 to Guy II of Châtillon , Count of Saint Pol . Beatrix (1225 - November 11 , 1288 ), married: at Kreuzburg March 10 , 1241 Heinrich Raspe Landgrave of Thuringia ; in Leuven November 1247 to William III of Dampierre, Count of Flanders (1224 - June 6 , 1251 ). Marie 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 Herzogenthal . 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: Henry (1244-1308, created Landgrave of Hesse in 1263. Elizabeth (1243 - October 9 , 1261 ), married in Braunschweig July 13 , 1254 to Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Henry married Marie of Hohenstaufen, daughter of Philip II of Swabia, King of Germany and Irene Angelina, before 22 Aug 1215. (Marie of Hohenstaufen was born on 3 Apr 1201 in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy and died on 29 Mar 1235 in Leuven, Brabant, (Flemish Brabant), Flanders, (Belgium).)
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