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Birth:          1230 of Louvain, Brabant
Death:          28 Feb 1261 Leuven

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_III,_Duke_of_Brabant
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), daughter of 
Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy and Yolande de Dreux,[2] by whom he had four children:
1.Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (c. 1251 – aft. 1272) Mentally handicapped, and made to 
abdicate in favor of his brother John on 24 May 1267.[3]
2.John I, Duke of Brabant (1253–1294) Married first to Marguerite of France, daughter 
of King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) and his wife Margaret of Provence,[4] and 
later to Margaret of Flanders, daughter of Guy, Count of Flanders and his first wife 
Mathilda of Béthune.[5][6]
3.Godfrey of Brabant, Lord of Aarschot (d. July 11, 1302, Kortrijk), killed at the Battle 
of the Golden Spurs, married 1277 Jeanne Isabeau de Vierzon (d. aft. 1296)
4.Maria of Brabant (1256, Leuven – January 12, 1321, Murel), married at Vincennes on 
August 27, 1274 to King Philip III of France.

He also had two illegitimate sons:
John Lyngwood (+1289)
Gilles, ancestor of the van der Balch family.

Composed several pieces of music, among them "Amors m'est u cuer entree" and "Se 
kascuns del monde savoit".

Parents
____ Henry (Henri) II "the Courageous" "the Magnanimous" (1207 - 1 Feb 1248)
VON HOHENSTAUFEN Maria (3 Apr 1201 - 29 Mar 1235)

Siblings
DE BRABANT Matilda (Mahaut) (Maud) (14 Jun 1224 - 29 Sep 1288)
____ Henri III (1230 - 28 Feb 1261)

Marriage To DE BURGUNDY Adelaide (Alix) (ABT 1233 - 23 1273)
    m. 1251 

Notes

Parents
____ Hugh IV (9 Mar 1213 - ABT 27 Oct 1272)
DE DREUX Yolande (1212 - 1248)

Children by DE BURGUNDY Adelaide (Alix) ABT 1233 - 23 1273
DE BRABANT Marie (1260 - 12 Jan 1321)

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