Henry IV, Duke of Brabant

This article is about the Duke of Brabant. For other uses, see Henry IV.

Henry IV
Duke of Brabant Duke of Lothier
Titles and styles	The Duke of Brabant and Lothier
Born	1251
Died	after 29 April 1272
Noble family	House of Reginar
Father	Henry III, Duke of Brabant
Mother	Adelaide of Burgundy

Henry IV of Brabant (1251/1252 – after April 29, 1272) was Duke of Brabant from 1261 to 1267.

Born at Leuven, he was the eldest son of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Adelaide of Burgundy, daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy. He was also an older brother of Maria of Brabant, Queen consort of Philip III of France.

Succeeding his father at about the age of ten, he proved infirm of mind and body, and was deposed in favor of his younger brother John I, Duke of Brabant. After being deposed, Henry became a novice in Saint Bénigne Abbey in Dijon. It is unknown what happened to Henry after 1272.

Ancestry

Family of Henry IV, Duke of Brabant

16. Godfrey III, Count of Leuven 8. Henry I, Duke of Brabant 17. Margaret of Limburg 4. Henry II, Duke of Brabant 18. Matthew, Count of Boulogne 9. Matilda of Flanders 19. Marie I, Countess of Boulogne 2. Henry III, Duke of Brabant 20. Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor 10. Philip of Swabia 21. Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy 5. Marie of Swabia 22. Isaac II Angelos 11. Irene Angelina 23. Unknown Palaiologina?, afterwards Irene 1. Henry IV, Duke of Brabant 24. Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy 12. Odo III, Duke of Burgundy 25. Alice of Lorraine 6. Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy 26. Hugues, Seigneur de Vergy 13. Alice of Vergy 27. Gillette de Trainel 3. Adelaide of Burgundy 28. Robert II, Count of Dreux 14. Robert III, Count of Dreux 29. Yolanda of Coucy 7. Yolande of Dreux 30. Thomas de Saint-Valéry 15. Aenor of Saint-Valéry 31. Adela de Ponthieu, Dame de Saint-Aubin