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John I
Duke of Brabant and Lothier
Reign1267–1294
PredecessorHenry
SuccessorJohn II
Duke of Limburg
Reign1288–1294
PredecessorReginald I of Guelders
SuccessorJohn II
Born1252
Died3 May 1294 (aged 41 or 42)
SpouseMargaret of France
Margaret of Flanders
IssueJohn II, Duke of Brabant
Margaret, Holy Roman Empress
Marie, Countess of Savoy
HouseHouse of Reginar
FatherHenry III, Duke of Brabant
MotherAdelaide of Burgundy
ReligionRoman Catholic

Silver or 'petit' denier, struck under John I in Leuven after 1282. John I of Brabant, also called John the Victorious (1252/1253 – 3 May 1294) was Duke of Brabant (1267–1294), Lothier and Limburg (1288–1294). During the 19th century, John I was venerated as a Belgian folk hero.

Life

John I, Duke of Brabant going to battle from the Codex Manesse.

Born in Leuven, he was the son of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Aleidis 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. In 1267 his older brother Henry IV, Duke of Brabant, being mentally deficient, was deposed in his favour.[1]

His greatest military victory was the Battle of Worringen 1288, by which John I came to reign over the Duchy of Limburg. He was completely outnumbered in forces but led the successful invasion into the Rhineland to defeat the confederacy. In 1288 Limburg was formally attached to Brabant.[1]

John I was said to be a model of feudal prince: brave, adventurous; excelling in every form of active exercise, fond of display, and generous in temper. He was considered one of the most gifted princes of his time.[1] This made him very popular in Middle Ages poetry and literature. Even today there exists an ode to him, so well known that it was a potential candidate to be the North Brabant anthem. John I delighted in tournaments and was always eager to take part in jousts.[1] He was also famous for his many illegitimate children.

On 3 May 1294 at some marriage festivities at Bar-le-Duc, John I was mortally wounded in the arm in an encounter by Pierre de Bausner.[1] He was buried in the church of the Minderbroeders in Brussels, but since the Protestant iconoclasm (Beeldenstorm) in 1566, nothing remains of his tomb.

Family and children

Marriage of John and Margaret of Flanders from the Chronicle Brabantse Yeesten by Jan Van Boendaele.

He was married twice. On 5 September 1270, he wed Margaret of France, daughter of Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence.[2] She took the title of Duchess of Brabant. He had a son, but both wife and child died shortly after the boy's birth.

In 1273, He married Margaret of Flanders (d. 3 July 1285), daughter of Guy, Count of Flanders[3] and had the following children:[1]

  1. Godfrey (1273/74 – aft. 13 September 1283).
  2. John II of Brabant (1275–1312).
  3. Margaret (4 October 1276 – 14 December 1311, Genoa), married 9 June 1292 to Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
  4. Marie (d. after 2 December 1338), married to Count Amadeus V of Savoy.

John I had several illegitimate children:

  1. Gillis van der Balcht
  2. Jean Meuwe, Seigneur of Wavre and Dongelberg.[4]
  3. Margareta of Tervuren, she was married on 2 March 1292 to Jean de Rode de Lantwyck
  4. Jan Pylyser (1272–1342)
  5. Jan van der Plasch

Legacy

The duke is remembered in the folkish song Harbalorifa [5] [6] that remains popular. The popular Dutch beer Hertog Jan was named after the duke.

Ancestry

Family of John I, 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. John I, 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

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "John I. of Brabant and Lorraine" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 445.
  2. ^ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd edition, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004), 121.
  3. ^ J.F. Verbruggen, The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302), ed. Kelly DeVries, transl. David Richard Ferguson, (Boydell Press, 2002), 8.
  4. ^ "Messager des sciences historiques...", p. 194, Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  5. ^ Het lied van Hertog Jan www.codeximperium.be
  6. ^ Harrie Beex www.bossche-encyclopedie.nl
Regnal titles
Preceded by Duke of Brabant and Lothier
1267–1294 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Duke of Limburg
1288–1294

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