Henry II the Magnanimous , Duke of Brabant and Lorraine

M, (1207 - 1 February 1247)
Father-Biological*Henry I the Courageous , Duke of Brabant b. 1165, d. 5 Sep 1235
Mother-Biological*Matilda of Bloulogne b. c 1162, d. 1211
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Last Edited=15 Jun 2022
     Henry II the Magnanimous , Duke of Brabant and Lorraine was born in 1207.1,2,3 He was the son of Henry I the Courageous , Duke of Brabant and Matilda of Bloulogne.

Henry II the Magnanimous , Duke of Brabant and Lorraine married Maria von Hohenstauffen, daughter of Philip II von Hohenstauffen , Emperor of Germany and Irene Angelica , Queen of Sicily, on 9 February 1207.4,1,5,3,6,7 Henry succeeded his father as the Duke of Brabant in 1235.5,3

Henry II the Magnanimous , Duke of Brabant and Lorraine married Sophia von Hessen, daughter of Ludwig IV , Landgrave of Thuringia, circa 1240.1 Henry II the Magnanimous , Duke of Brabant and Lorraine died on 1 February 1247 at Leuven, Brabant, France, now Belgium.1,5,2,3,6

Compeller's Notes:
Birth: von Redlich (1941) gives his birth year as 1189.7

Children of Henry II the Magnanimous , Duke of Brabant and Lorraine and Maria von Hohenstauffen

Citations

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  3. Directory of Royal Genealogical Data. Online: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/…
  4. Stone, Don C. and Charles R Owens. "[Eirene?], First wife of Emperor Isaakios II Angelos, is Probable Tornikina and Gateway to Antiquity", Journal of the Foundation of Medieval Genealogy volume 3, number 5 (January 2011).
  5. Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650, Fifth Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982.
  6. Moriarty, G. Andrews. "The Descent of the Plantagenet Kings from the Holy Roman Emperors", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume CI (January 1947).
  7. 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.