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Henry I, Duke Of Brabant




He married Maud Of Boulogne And Alsace , daughter of Marie Of Boulogne and Matthew Of Alsace (also called Maud of Flanders) in 1179 . He had six children by his first marriage:
# Marie (c. 1190 – May 1260 ), married in Maastricht after May 19 , 1214 Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor , married July 1220 Count William I Of Holland
# Adelaide (b. c. 1190 ), married 1206 Arnulf, Count of Loos , married February 3 , 1225 William X Of Auvergne (c. 11951247 ), married before April 21 , 1251 Arnold van Wesemaele (d. aft. 1288 )
# Margaret ( 11921231 ), married January 1206 Gerhard III, Count of Guelders (d. October 22 , 1229 )
# Mathilde (c. 1200December 22 , 1267 ), married in Aachen in 1212 Henry II, Count Palatine Of The Rhine (d. 1214 ), married on December 6 , 1244 Floris IV, Count Of Holland
# Henry II Of Brabant ( 12071248 )
# Godfrey ( 1209January 21 , 1254 ), Lord of Gaesbeek, married Marie van Oudenaarde

His second marriage was at April 22 , 1213 in Soissons to Marie, princess of France, daughter of King Philip II Of France . They had two children:
# Elizabeth (d. October 23 , 1272 ), married in Leuven March 19 , 1233 Count Dietrich of Cleves , Lord of Dinslaken (c. 12141244 ), married 1246 Gerhard II, Count of Wassenberg (d. 1255 )
# Marie, died young

Under Henry I, there was a town policy and town planning. Henry's attention went out to those regions that lent themselves to the extension of his sovereignty and in some locations he used the creation of a new town as an instrument in the political organisation of the area. Among the towns to which the Duke gave city rights and trade privileges was 's-Hertogenbosch .

He was buried in St. Pieters chapter church at Leuven .

See also: Dukes Of Brabant Family Tree