BRABANT

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BRABANT married Gerhard, Count of Juliers, who died about 1239. Elizabeth was the daughter of

GODFREY de BRABANT, Seigneur d' Aerachat et de Vierzon. 

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ISABELLA of Brabant married Theodoric VI, Count of Cleeves in 1241, who died in 1261. Isabella was the daughter of

HENRY, Duke of Brabant.

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MARIE of Brabant died in 1321. In 1272, she married, second, as his second wife, Philip III the Bold, King of France, who was born in 1245 and died in 1285. Marie was the daughter of

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HENRY III Mansuetus, Duke of Brabant in 1247, died in 129.1. He married Alix of Burgundy who died in 1273.

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MATILDA of Brabant died on 29 September 1288. In 1273, she married, first, Robert I, Count of Artois, who was born in 1216 and died in 1250.

HENRY III and MATILDA were the children of 

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HENRY II Magnanimus, Duke of Brabant 12.3547, Landgrave of Hesse, died on 1 February 1247/48. He married, first, Mane of Germany (Swabla) (Mary of Hohenstauffen), who died In 1235.

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MECHTILD of Brabant married Florent IV, Count of Holland, who died in 1235.

HENRY II and MECHTILD were the children of

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HENRY I Probus, Duke of Brabant in 1186, died on 5 September 1235. In 1179, he married, first, Maud of Flanders (Mathildis of Boulogne) (see also Alsace), who died in 1240. Henry I was the son of

GODFREY III, Count of Louvain, Duke of Brabant, was born in 1142 and died in 1186. In 1155, he married, first, Margaret yon Limbourg. Godfrey III was the son of

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GODFREY II, Count of Louvain, Duke of Brabant, died in 1143.1n 1139, he married Hermingardis Hohenstausen, or Luitgarde of Stultzbach.

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ADELIZA of Louvain was born in 1103 and died on 23 April 1151. About 1120/21, she married, first, Henry I, King of England. In 1138, she married, second, William d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel, who died on 12 October 1176. 

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JOCELIN of Louvain, Baron Percy (assumed name of Percy), married Agnes de Percy who was born in 1134 and died in 1204/05. Jocelin was the natural son of Godfrey I (see Percy).

GODFREY II, ADELIZA and JOCELIN were the children of

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GODFREY I the Bearded, Duke of Brabant, Count of Louvain, Duke of Lorraine, was born about 1060 and died on 25 June 1139/40. About 1100, he married, first, Sophia, daughter of Emperor Henry IV (see Germany), and married, second, Clementia of Burgundy. It is also reported that in 1100, he married Ida of Namur who died about 1117/22.

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IDA of Louvain died in 1139. In 1084, she married Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut, who died in 1099.

GODFREY I and IDA were the children of

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HENRY II, Duke of Brabant in 1054, Count of Louvain, was born about 1021 and died a£ter 1077. He married, as her first husband, Adelaide of Orlamunda (see Brandenburg). Henry II was the son of

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LAMBERT II Baldricus, Duke of Brabant in 1038, Count of Louvain, was born about 991 and died in 1054. He married Oda of Lorraine.

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MAUD of Louvain married Eustace I, Count of Boulogne, who died in 1049.

LAMBERT II and MAUD were the children of ..47

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LAMBERT I the Bearded, Count of Louvain, died in 1015. He married, in 990, Gerberga of Lorraine, heiress of Brabant (see below), who was born about 975 and died after 1017.

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REGNIER IV, Count of Hainaut, died in 977. He married Hedwig of France.

LAMBERT and REGNIER IV were the sons of

REGNIER III (see Hainaut), Count of Hainaut, was born in 987. He married Adele of Dagsborg.

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ERMENGARDE of Lorraine married Albert I, Count of Namur, who died around 998/1011.

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GERBERGA of Lorraine, heiress of Brabant, was born about 975 and died after 1017. In 990, she married Lambert I the Bearded, Count of Louvain, Duke of Brabant.

ERMENGARDE and GERBERGA were the daughters of

(Ancestral line of John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, Ancestral line of descendants of Rev. John Knox, Henry de Bohun)

CHARLES III, Duke of Lorraine and Brabant, who married Bonne d' Ardenne, daughter of Ricuinus and Agnes of Troyes, Countess of Vermandois. Charles III was the son of

LOUIS IV d'Otre Mere, King of France 936-54, was born about 919 and died on 10 September 954. He married, in 939, as her second husband, Gerberga of Saxony, who died on 5 May 984 (see France-Carolingian).

Ref: Royal Genealogies, pps. 596 and 605; Chronological Chart, p. 1; Cokayne, Vol. I, p. 235, Vol. II, p. 493; Ancestral Roots, pps. 60, 98, 120, and 125; Your Family Tree, p. 64.