Henry II, Duke of Brabant
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Henry II of Brabant (French: Henri II de Brabant, Dutch: Hendrik II van Brabant, 1207 – February 1, 1248 in Leuven) was Duke of Brabant and Lothier after the death of his father Henry I in 1235.
He supported his cousin, William II, Count of Holland, when the latter was chosen as German King.
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Family and children
His first marriage was to Marie of Hohenstaufen (1201–1235, Leuven), daughter of Philip of Swabia and Irene Angelina. They had six children:
- Henry III, Duke of Brabant (d. 1261)
- Philip, died young
- Matilda (1224 – September 29, 1288), married:
- in Compiègne June 14, 1237 to Robert I of Artois;
- before May 31, 1254 to Guy II of Châtillon, Count of Saint Pol.
- Beatrix (1225 – November 11, 1288), married:
- at Kreuzburg March 10, 1241 Heinrich Raspe Landgrave of Thuringia;
- in Leuven November 1247 to William III of Dampierre, Count of Flanders (1224 – June 6, 1251).
- Marie (c. 1226 – January 18, 1256, Donauwörth), married Louis II, Duke of Upper Bavaria. She was beheaded by her husband on suspicion of infidelity.
- Margaret (d. March 14, 1277), Abbess of Herzogenthal.
His second marriage was to Sophie of Thuringia (March 20, 1224 – May 29, 1275), daughter of Ludwig IV of Thuringia and Elisabeth of Hungary by whom he had two children:
- Henry (1244–1308, created Landgrave of Hesse in 1263.
- Elizabeth (1243 – October 9, 1261), married in Braunschweig July 13, 1254 to Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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