Henri, Duke of Brabant
1160 - 1235 (75 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Henri, Duke of Brabant was born in 1160 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium; died on 5 Sep 1235 in Cologne, Stadtkreis Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; was buried in Saint Peter's Church, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium. Notes:
Duke of Brabant. Reigning from 1190 to 1235, he was the 2nd Duke of Brabant and is said to have "assumed the title." He was also know as "le Guerroyeur", "the Pious", and "the Warrior". He was the husband of Mathilde of Boulogne. (Find a Grave memorial)
During the Middle Ages, Brabant was often referred to as Basse-Lorraine. This was Lower Lorraine, not be be confused with Haute-Lorraine, that is, Upper Lorraine, or modern Alsace-Lorraine. (American-Canadian Genealogist, Issue 82, Volume 25, Number 4, 1999, footnote 17, page 190)Henri married Marie de France, Duchess of Brabant on 22 Apr 1212 in Soissons, Aisne, France. Marie (Daughter of Philippe II de France, King of France and Agnes de Meranie) was born in 1198 in Bapaume, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France; died on 1 Aug 1238; was buried in St Peter's Church, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
2. Ëlisabeth de Brabant 
(1.Henri1)Ëlisabeth married Thierry de Clèves, Seigneur of Dinslaken on 19 Mar 1233 in Leuven, Flemish Brabanm, Flanders, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
3. Mathilde de Clèves (2.Ëlisabeth2, 1.Henri1)Mathilde married Gérard de Luxembourg, Seigneur of Durbury in 1253. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 4
4. Marguerite de Luxembourg, Dame of Straten (3.Mathilde3, 2.Ëlisabeth2, 1.Henri1)Marguerite married Jean, Seigneur of Ghistelles before Jun 1289. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Jean de Ghistelle, Seigneur of Ghistelles died on 26 Aug 1346 in Battle of Crécy, Crécy-en-Ponthieu, Somme, Picardie, France.
- 5. Jean de Ghistelle, Seigneur of Ghistelles
