Henry III, Duke of Brabant
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Duke of Brabant Duke of Lothier Imperial Vicar | |
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Titles and styles | The Duke of Brabant and Lothier |
Born | 1230 |
Died | 28 February 1261 Leuven |
Noble family | House of Reginar |
Spouse(s) | Adelaide of Burgundy |
Issue | Henry IV, Duke of Brabant John I, Duke of Brabant Godfrey, Lord of Aarschot Marie of Brabant, Queen of France |
Father | Henry II, Duke of Brabant |
Mother | Marie of Hohenstaufen |
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:
- 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]
- 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]
- 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)
- 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".
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See also
References
- ^ Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ 9, MGH SS XXV, p. 391.
- ^ Annales Parchenses 1253, MGH SS XVI, p. 607.
- ^ Miraeus (1723), Tome I, Donationes Belgicæ, Liber I, CXXIV, p. 433.
- ^ RHGF XXI, Chronique anonyme des rois de France, p. 81.
- ^ Iohannis de Thielrode Genealogia Comitum Flandriæ MGH SS IX, p. 335.
- ^ Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 68.