Henry I, Duke of Brabant

1165 - 1235  (70 years)

• Name	Henry I
  Nickname	the Courageous
  Birth	1165	Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium   [2, 3, 5]
  General Information	He was also the Duke of Lower Lorraine, the Landgrave of Brabant, Margrave of Antwerp, and Count of Louvain.  [4, 5]
  Title(s)	From 1182 to 1184 (17 years)  [5]
  He acted as a regent while Count Godfrey III went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem from 1182 to 1184.
  Title(s)	1183 (18 years)  [5]
  He became the first Duke of Brabant in 1183.
  Military	From 1217 to 1218 (52 years)  [5]
  He joined the Fifth Crusade to Egypt from 1217 to 1218.
  Death	5 Sep 1235	Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Burial	Aft 5 Sep 1235	St. Peter's Church, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium   [2]
  	Tomb of Henry I
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Mainier, Count of Sens, Duke of Austria   d. 800  (11 x Great Grandfather)  [no first name] of Mullenark  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3187	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: von Redlich (1941) gives his birth year as about 1158. [3]

  
  

Father	Godfrey III, Duke of Brabant and of Lower Lorraine,   b. 1142, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium d. 10 Aug 1190 (Age 48 years)
Mother	Margaret von Limbourg,   b. About 1139   d. 1172/73 (Age 34 years)
Family ID	F2583	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner 1	Matilda of Bloulogne,   b. About 1162   d. 1211, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium (Age 49 years)
Marriage	1179  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 14 years - She : ~ 17 years.
Information	Henry received the County of Brussels from his father.  [5]
Children	2 sons and 4 daughters
>   1. Mary of Brabant,   b. Abt 1190   d. 1260 (Age 70 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor  m. Aft 19 May 1214;   William I, Count of Holland >   2. Adeaide,   b. Abt 1190  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Arnold III, Count of Looz  m. 1206;   William X of Auvergne  m. 1225;   Arnold van Wesemaele  m. Bef 21 Apr 1251 >   3. Margaret,   b. 1192   d. 1231 (Age 39 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Gerhard III, Count of Guelders  m. Jan 1206 +   4. Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Holland,   b. 1200   d. 21 Dec 1267 (Age 67 years) ▻ Henry II, Count Palatine of the Rhine  m. 1212;   Florenz IV, Count of Holland  m. 6 Dec 1224 +   5. Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lorraine,   b. 1207   d. 1 Feb 1247/48, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium (Age 41 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Maria von Hohenstauffen, Princess of Germany  m. 9 Feb 1207;   Sophia von Hessen  m. Abt 1240 >   6. Godfrey, Lord of Gaesbeek ,   b. 1209   d. 21 Jan 1254 (Age 45 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Marie van Oudenaarde
Family ID	F2548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	7 Nov 2021




Spouse / Partner 2	Marie of France,   b. 1198   d. 15 Aug 1224 (Age 26 years)  Other Partners: Philip I of Namur, Margrave of Namur  m. 1211
Marriage	22 Apr 1213	Soissons, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France   [2, 6]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 48 years and 4 months - She : ~ 15 years and 4 months.
Children	2 daughters
>   1. Elizabeth   d. 23 Oct 1272  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Count Dietrich of Cleves, Lord of Dinslaken  m. 19 Mar 1233;   Gerhard II, Count of Wassenberg   m. 1246     2. Marie   d. young  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
Family ID	F2582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	7 Nov 2021




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Henry I, Duke of Brabant(1165 – 1235) 2Godfrey III, Duke of Brabant and of Lower Lorraine(1142 – 1190) 4Godfrey II, Duke of Brabant and of Lower Lorraine(1108 – 1142) 8Godfrey I of Brabant, Duke of Brabant and Lower Lorraine(1060 – 1139) 16Henry II of Brabant, Count of Louvain(1020 – 1078/79) 17Adelaide of the Betuwe(1045 – 1086) 9Ida of Namur and Chiny(1083 – 1122) 18Otto II, Count of Chiny( – 1125) 19Adelaide of Namur(1068 – 1124) 5Luitgarde von Saltzbach(1120 – 1162) 10Berenger II, Count of Sultzbach(1080 – 1125) 20Gebhard II, Count of Sulzbach(Abt 1058 – Abt 1085) 21Irmgard von Rot( – 1101) 11Adelaide von Wolfratshausen(Abt 1084 – 1126) 22Otto II von Wolfratshausen, Count of Diessen, Thanning, and Ambras( – 1120) 23Adelaide von Regensburg 3Margaret von Limbourg(1139 – 1172/73) 6Henry II, Duke of Limburg, Count of Arlon(1115 – 1167) 12Waleran III, Count of Arlon, Wassenburg and Limburg; Duke of Lower Lorraine 24Henry I, Count of Arlon and Limburg(Abt 1060 – 1119) 25Adelaide von Botenstein( – 1106) 13Jutta(Abt 1090 – 1151) 26Gerard I Flaminus, Count of Wassenburg and Guilders(1053 – 1138) 27Clemence of Poitou(1060 – 1129) 7Matilda von Saffenburg( – 1145) 14Adolph von Saffenberg, Count of Saffenberg(Abt 1095 – 1152) 28Adalbert von Saffenberg, Count of Norvenich( – 1109) 29Mechtild( – 1110) 15Margaret von Schwartzenburg(Abt 1100 – ) 30Englebert of Schwarzenburg 31[no first name] of Mullenark

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1165 - Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium Marriage - 22 Apr 1213 - Soissons, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France Death - 5 Sep 1235 - Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Burial - Aft 5 Sep 1235 - St. Peter's Church, Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html). [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia, Henry I, Duke of Brabant. [S304] Wikipedia, Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant.