Hendrik II "de Edelmoedige" VAN BRABANT ²⁰¹¹

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  General Notes:

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:

a.) Robert I of Artois, 14 June 1237, in Compiègne

b.) before May 31, 1254 to Guy II of Châtillon, Count of Saint Pol.

4.) Beatrix (1225-November 11, 1288), married:

a.) at Creuzburg March 10, 1241, Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia;

b.) 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 de Brabant II died in Leuven, aged about 40.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of 10 September 1180 Brabant, Meuse, Lorraine, France, 10 September 1180 and Brabant-sur-Meuse, Meuse, Grand Est, France. ²⁰¹⁴

Hendrik married Maria VON STAUFEN, daughter of Philipp VON SCHWABEN römisch-deutscher König and Irene VON BYZANZ deutsche Stauferkönigin. (Maria VON STAUFEN was born on 3 April 1201 in Göppingen, Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ²⁰¹¹, christened on 3 April 1201,²⁰¹¹ died on 29 March 1235 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium ²⁰¹¹ and was buried in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium ²⁰¹¹.)

Hendrik next married Sophie VON THÜRINGEN Herzogin von Brabant in 1241.²⁰¹⁴ (Sophie VON THÜRINGEN Herzogin von Brabant was born on 20 March 1224 in Altenburg, , Thuringia, Germany,²⁰¹⁴ died on 29 May 1275 in Altenburg, , Thuringia, Germany ²⁰¹⁴ and was buried in June 1275 in Villers-la-Ville, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium ²⁰¹⁴.)