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Birth:          14 Jun 1224 of Brabant, Flanders
Death:          29 Sep 1288 
Burial:         Abbaye de Cercamp, Artois, France

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Brabant,_Countess_of_Artois
Matilda of Brabant (14 June 1224 – 29 September 1288) was the eldest daughter of 
Henry II, Duke of Brabant and his first wife Marie of Hohenstaufen.
Marriages and children[edit]

On 14 June 1237, which was her 13th birthday, Matilda married her first husband 
Robert I of Artois. Robert was 21 years old and the fifth son of Louis VIII of France 
and Blanche of Castile. They had two children:
Blanche of Artois (1248 – 2 May 1302). Married first Henry I of Navarre and secondly 
Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster.
Robert II, Count of Artois (1250 – 11 July 1302).

On 8 February 1250, Robert I was killed while participating in the Seventh Crusade. 
On 16 January 1255,[1] Matilda married her second husband Guy III, Count of Saint-
Pol. He was a younger son of Hugh I, Count of Blois and Mary, Countess of Blois. 
They had six children:
Hugh II, Count of Blois (died 1307), Count of Saint Pol and later Count of Blois
Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol (died 1317), Count of Saint Pol
Jacques I of Leuze-Châtillon (died 1302, Battle of the Golden Spurs), first of the lords 
of Leuze, married Catherine de Condé and had issue; his descendants brought Condé, 
Carency, etc. into the House of Bourbon.
Beatrix (died 1304), married John I of Brienne, Count of Eu
Jeanne, married Guillaume III de Chauvigny, Lord of Châteauroux
Gertrude, married Florent, Lord of Mechelen (French: Malines).

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 ____ Robert I (25 Sep 1216 - 9 Feb 1250)
    m. 14 Jun 1237 Campiegne

Notes

Parents
____ Louis VIII "the Lion" (3 Sep 1187 - 8 Nov 1226)
DE CASTILE Blanche (Blanca) Alphonsa (BEF 4 Mar 1188 - 27 Nov 1252)

Children by ____ Robert I 25 Sep 1216 - 9 Feb 1250
D'ARTOIS Blanche (1248 - 2 May 1302)

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