Henry II, Duke of Brabant

Henry II
Duke of Brabant Duke of Lothier
Henry's seal
Born	1207
Died	1 February 1248 (aged 40–41) Leuven
Buried	Villers Abbey
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 (Dutch: Hendrik, French: Henri; 1207 – February 1, 1248) was Duke of Brabant and Lothier after the death of his father Henry I in 1235. His mother was Matilda of Boulogne.^[1]

Henry II supported his sister Mathilde's son, William II of Holland, in his bid for election as king of Germany.^[1] He founded Valduc Abbey in 1232.^[2]

His first marriage was to Marie of Hohenstaufen (April 3, 1207–1235, Leuven),^[3] daughter of Philip of Swabia and Irene Angelina.^[1] They had six children:

1. Henry III, Duke of Brabant (d. 1261)^[3]
2. Philip, died young^[3]
3. Matilda of Brabant (1224 – September 29, 1288),^[3] married:
   1. Robert I of Artois, 14 June 1237, in Compiègne^[4]
   2. before May 31, 1254 to Guy II of Châtillon, Count of Saint Pol.
4. Beatrix (1225 – November 11, 1288), married:
   1. at Creuzburg March 10, 1241, Heinrich Raspe, Landgrave of Thuringia;^[5]
   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),^[3] 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),^[6] daughter of Ludwig IV of Thuringia and Saint Elisabeth of Hungary,^[7] by whom he had two children:

1. Henry (1244–1308), created Landgrave of Hesse in 1264.^[8]
2. Elizabeth (1243 – October 9, 1261), married Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Henry died in Leuven, aged about 40.

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• Dukes of Brabant family tree

Regnal titles
Preceded by Henry I	Duke of Brabant and Lothier 1235–1248	Succeeded by Henry III

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