Henry II, Duke of Brabant

Henry II
Duke of Brabant Duke of Lothier
Titles and styles	The Duke of Brabant and Lothier
Born	1207
Died	1 February 1248 (aged 40–41) Leuven
Noble family	Reginar
Spouse(s)	Marie of Hohenstaufen Sophie of Thuringia
Issue	Henry III, Duke of Brabant Philip Matilda of Brabant Beatrice of Brabant Maria of Brabant Margaret Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse Elizabeth
Father	Henry I, Duke of Brabant
Mother	Mathilde of Flanders

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

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 Kreuzburg 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 Herzogenthal.

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.

Ancestry

Family of Henry II, Duke of Brabant

16. Godfrey I, Count of Leuven 8. Godfrey II, Count of Leuven 17. Ida of Chiny 4. Godfrey III, Count of Leuven 18. Berengar II, Count of Sulzbach 9. Lutgarde of Sulzbach 19. Adelheid von Wolfratshausen 2. Henry I, Duke of Brabant 20. Waleran, Duke of Lower Lorraine 10. Henry II, Duke of Limburg 21. Jutta of Guelders 5. Margaret of Limburg 22. Adolf, Count of Saffenberg 11. Matilda of Saffenberg 1. Henry II, Duke of Brabant 24. Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine 12. Thierry, Count of Flanders 25. Gertrude of Flanders 6. Matthew, Count of Boulogne 26. Fulk of Anjou 13. Sibylla of Anjou 27. Ermengarde of Maine 3. Matilda of Flanders 28. Stephen II, Count of Blois 14. Stephen, King of England 29. Adela of Normandy 7. Marie I, Countess of Boulogne 30. Eustace III, Count of Boulogne 15. Matilda of Boulogne 31. Mary of Scotland

See also

• Dukes of Brabant family tree