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Birth:          1207 Brabant, Flanders
Death:          1 Feb 1248 Louvan

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II,_Duke_of_Brabant
Henry II of Brabant (French: Henri II de Brabant, Dutch: Hendrik II van Brabant, 1207 
– February 1, 1248) 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[edit]

His first marriage was to Marie of Hohenstaufen (April 3, 1207–1235, Leuven), 
daughter of Philip of Swabia and Irene Angelina. They had six children:
1.Henry III, Duke of Brabant (d. 1261)
2.Philip, died young
3.Matilda of Brabant (1224 – September 29, 1288), married: 1.in Compiègne June 14, 
1237 to Robert I of Artois;
2.before May 31, 1254 to Guy II of Châtillon, Count of Saint Pol.

4.Beatrix (1225 – November 11, 1288), married: 1.at Creuzburg March 10, 1241, 
Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia;
2.in Leuven November 1247 to William III of Dampierre, Count of Flanders (1224 – 
June 6, 1251).

5.Maria 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.
6.Margaret (d. March 14, 1277), Abbess of Valduc Abbey (Hertogendal).

His second marriage was to Sophie of Thuringia (March 20, 1224 – May 29, 1275), 
daughter of Ludwig IV of Thuringia and Saint Elisabeth of Hungary by whom he had 
two children:
1.Henry (1244–1308), created Landgrave of Hesse in 1264.
2.Elizabeth (1243 – October 9, 1261), married Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Henry died in Leuven, aged about 40.

Parents
____ Henry I (1165 - 5 Sep 1235)
D'ALSACE AND FLANDERS Matilda (Maud) (1170 - 16 Oct 1210)

Siblings
OF BRABANT Matilda (Mathilde) (ABT 1200 - 22 Dec 1267)
____ Henry (Henri) II "the Courageous" "the Magnanimous" (1207 - 1 Feb 1248)

Marriage To VON HOHENSTAUFEN Maria (3 Apr 1201 - 29 Mar 1235)
    m. BEF 22 Aug 1215 

Notes

Parents
VON HOHENSTAUFEN Philipp II (Feb 1177 - 21 Jun 1208)
ANGELINA Irene (Eirene) (Irini) Maria (ABT 1181 - 27 Aug 1208)

Children by VON HOHENSTAUFEN Maria 3 Apr 1201 - 29 Mar 1235
DE BRABANT Matilda (Mahaut) (Maud) (14 Jun 1224 - 29 Sep 1288)
____ Henri III (1230 - 28 Feb 1261)

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