Henri I

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Duke of Louvaine and Brabant
• Fact: Count of Louvain

Henri married Maud Of BOULOGNE in 1179. Maud (daughter of Matthew I Of ALSACE and Marie Of BLOIS) was born about 1160 in Boulogne, Pas-De-Calais, France; died in 1210. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Adelaide Of BRABANT was born about 1190.
2. Marie Of BRABANT was born about 1190; died in May 1260.
3. Margaret Of BRABANT was born about 1192; died on 21 Sep 1231 in Gelderland, Netherlands.
4. Mathilde Of BRABANT was born about 1200 in Hertogenbosch, Noord Brabant, Netherlands; died on 21 Dec 1267; was buried in Loosduinen, Zuid Holland, Netherlands.
5. Henry II was born about 1207 in Brabant, France; died on 01 Feb 1247/8 in Louvain.
6. Lord of Gaesbeek Godfrey Count Of LOUVAIN was born in 1209; died on 21 Jan 1254.

Henri married Marie Of FRANCE on 22 Apr 1213 in Soissons. Marie (daughter of Philippe II Augustus and Agnes Of MERAN) died in 1224. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Marie Of BRABANT died in young.
2. Elizabeth Of BRABANT died on 23 Oct 1272.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Count of Louvain
• Fact: Duke of Louvain
• Death: 10 Aug 1186

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Excerpt from Wikipedia:
He was the son of Godfrey II and Lutgarde of Sulzbach. He was still an infant at his succession. On 30 Mar 1147, Godfrey was present at the coronation of Henry Beregar, son of Conrad III Of Germany, in Aachen. When Conrad left on Crusade, the wars began anew in 1148. Peace was elusive until the election of Conrad's successor, Freerick Barbarossa. By Marriage to margaret, daughter of Henry II Of Linburg, Godfrey united two powerful and antagonistic houses in the region.

In 1159 Godfrey ended the war with the Berthout, Lords of Grimbergen, by burning their impressive motte at Grimbergen. In 1171 Godfrey was at war with Hainault, but was defeated. In 1179, he gave his son Henry in marriage to a niece of Philip of Alsace, Count of Flanders.

Between 1182 and 1184 Godfrey went on a Jerusalem campaign. In the interim, Barbarossa granted Henry the title "Duke of Brabant". Godfrey died in 1190, on 10 or 21 August. He left an increased territory and built the fortress of Nedelaer.

Godfrey married Margaret VON LIMBURG before 1155. Margaret (daughter of Count of Arlon Henri II Duke Of LIMBURG and Matilda VON SAFFENBURG) was born in 1139 in Lorraine, France; died in 1172. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Count of Louvain
• Fact: Duke of Brabant

Godfrey married Luitgarde VON SULTZBACH about 1139. Luitgarde (daughter of Berenger II Count Of SULZBACH and Adelaide VON WOLFRATSAUSEN) was born about 1120 in Sulzbach, Germany; died after 1162. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Heinrich

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Excerpt from Wikipedia:

He succeeded his father in Limburg with the title of duke, but Conrad III refused grant him Lower Lorraine. He continued to style himself as duke nevertheless.

Henry refused at first to accept the loss of Lorraine and attacked the new duke, Godfrey VII. He was defeated. Godfrey died in 1142, but Henry was occupied with a war against the lord of Fauquemont and did not assert any claim to the cudhy of Lower Lorraine.

In 1147, he inherited Arlon, his younger brother Waleran having died without children. Conrad confirmed this, for he had promised Henry a fief to compensate for the loss of Lorraine, and the duke and the king were reconciled. Henry did not take part in the Second Crusade that year, however, Henry attended the coronation of Conrad's successor, Frederick Barbarossa.

At that time, Henry was involved in a war with Henry IV of Luxembourg. The town of Andenne was taken and completely plumdered and burned. Then Henry turned to Godfrey VIII, but they soon made peace in 1155.

Henry took part in Barbarossa's Italian campaigns, dying during the epidemic of 1167 at Rome.

Henri married Matilda VON SAFFENBURG in 1136. Matilda (daughter of Adolf Count Of SAFFENBERG and Margaret VON SCHWARTZENBURG) was born in Lorraine, France; died on 02 Jan 1145. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]