Individual Details

Henry III, Duke of Brabant

(1230 - 28 Feb 1261)

According to Wikipedia:

Henry III of Brabant (c. 1230 - February 28, 1261, Leuven) was Duke of Brabant between 1248 and his death. He was the son of Henry II of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen.[1]

The disputed territory of Lothier, the former Duchy of Lower Lorraine, was assigned to him by the German King Alfonso X of Castile. Alfonso also appointed him Imperial Vicar to advance his claims on the Holy Roman Empire.

In 1251, he married Adelaide of Burgundy (c. 1233 - October 23, 1273),[1] daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy and Yolande de Dreux, by whom he had four children:

Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (c. 1251 - aft. 1272)[1] Mentally handicapped, and made to abdicate in favor of his brother John on 24 May 1267.
John I, Duke of Brabant (1253-1294)[1] Married first to Marguerite of France, daughter of King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) and his wife Margaret of Provence, and later to Margaret of Flanders, daughter of Guy, Count of Flanders and his first wife Mathilda of Béthune.[2][3]
Godfrey of Brabant, Lord of Aarschot (d. July 11, 1302, Kortrijk),[1] killed at the Battle of the Golden Spurs, married 1277 Jeanne Isabeau de Vierzon (d. aft. 1296)
Maria of Brabant (1256, Leuven - January 12, 1321, Murel), married at Vincennes on August 27, 1274 to King Philip III of France.[1]
See also
Dukes of Brabant family tree
References
Dunbabin 2011, p. xiv.
Iohannis de Thielrode Genealogia Comitum Flandriæ MGH SS IX, p. 335.
Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 68.
Sources
Dunbabin, Jean (2011). The French in the Kingdom of Sicily, 1266-1305. Cambridge University Press.


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According to Wikipedia:

Henry III of Brabant (c. 1230 - February 28, 1261, Leuven) was Duke of Brabant between 1248 and his death. He was the son of Henry II of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen.[1]

The disputed territory of Lothier, the former Duchy of Lower Lorraine, was assigned to him by the German King Alfonso X of Castile. Alfonso also appointed him Imperial Vicar to advance his claims on the Holy Roman Empire.

In 1251, he married Adelaide of Burgundy (c. 1233 - October 23, 1273),[1] daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy and Yolande de Dreux, by whom he had four children:

Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (c. 1251 - aft. 1272)[1] Mentally handicapped, and made to abdicate in favor of his brother John on 24 May 1267.
John I, Duke of Brabant (1253-1294)[1] Married first to Marguerite of France, daughter of King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) and his wife Margaret of Provence, and later to Margaret of Flanders, daughter of Guy, Count of Flanders and his first wife Mathilda of Béthune.[2][3]
Godfrey of Brabant, Lord of Aarschot (d. July 11, 1302, Kortrijk),[1] killed at the Battle of the Golden Spurs, married 1277 Jeanne Isabeau de Vierzon (d. aft. 1296)
Maria of Brabant (1256, Leuven - January 12, 1321, Murel), married at Vincennes on August 27, 1274 to King Philip III of France.[1]
See also
Dukes of Brabant family tree
References
Dunbabin 2011, p. xiv.
Iohannis de Thielrode Genealogia Comitum Flandriæ MGH SS IX, p. 335.
Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 68.
Sources
Dunbabin, Jean (2011). The French in the Kingdom of Sicily, 1266-1305. Cambridge University Press.

Events

Birth1230
Acceded1248
Death28 Feb 1261

Families

SpouseAdelaide of Burgundy (1233 - 1273)
ChildGodrey, Count of Brabant ( - 1302)
ChildJohn I, Duke of Brabant (1253 - 1294)
ChildMarie of Brabant (1254 - 1322)
FatherHenry II, Duke of Brabant (1207 - 1248)
MotherMaria of Swabia (1201 - 1235)
SiblingMatilda of Brabant (1224 - 1288)