Henry I of Brabant
1165 - 1235 (70 years)-
Name Henry I of Brabant Born 1165 Leuven, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium 
Gender Male Died 05 Sep 1235 Cologne, Kölner Stadtkreis, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Person ID I149034 Little Chute Genealogy Last Modified 22 Aug 2007
Father Godfrey III Duke Lorraine, b. 1142, Lorraine, France , d. 10 Aug 1190 (Age 48 years) Mother Margaret of Limburg, b. 1145, Belgium Family ID F59581 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Maud of Flanders, b. cir 1165, Belgium Married 1179 Children 1. Marguerite of Brabant, b. 1192, Brabant, Belgium , d. 21 Sep 1231, Gelderland, Netherlands (Age 39 years)2. Matilda van Brabant, b. 1195, d. 21 Dec 1267 (Age 72 years) 3. Henry II of Brabant, b. 1207, Brabant, Belgium , d. 01 Feb 1248, Leuven, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium (Age 41 years)Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 Family ID F59578 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - 1st Duke of Brabant Duke of Lower Lotharingia He was (probably) born in 1165 in Leuven and died in the German city of Cologne on September 5, 1235. He became Duke of Brabant in 1183/1184 and succeeded his father as Duke of Lower Lotharingia in 1190. He was the son of Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lotharingia (Lothier) and landgrave of Brabant, and Margaret of Limburg. He married Maud of Boulogne and Alsace (also called Maud of Flanders) in 1179. He had six children by his first marriage. His second marriage was at April 22, 1213 in Soissons to Marie, princess of France, daughter of King Philip II of France. They had two children. Under Henry I, there was a town policy and town planning. Henry's attention went out to those regions that lent themselves to the extension of his sovereignty and in some locations he used the creation of a new town as an instrument in the political organisation of the area. Among the towns to which the Duke gave city rights and trade privileges was 's-Hertogenbosch. He was buried in St. Pieters chapter church at Leuven. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)