| Henry Ii, Duke Of Brabant |
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He supported his cousin, William II, Count Of Holland , when the latter was chosen as German King. FAMILY AND CHILDREN His first marriage was to Marie Of Hohenstaufen ( 1201 – 1235 , Leuven), daughter of Philip Of Swabia and Irene Angelina . They had six children: # Henry III, Duke Of Brabant (d. 1261 ) # Philip, died young # Matilda ( 1224 – September 29 , 1288 ), married: ## in Compiègne June 14 , 1237 to Robert I Of Artois ; ## before May 31 , 1254 to Guy II Of Châtillon , Count Of Saint Pol . # Beatrix ( 1225 – November 11 , 1288 ), married: ## at Kreuzburg March 10 , 1241 Heinrich Raspe Landgrave Of Thuringia ; ## in Leuven November 1247 to William III of Dampierre, Count Of Flanders (1224 – June 6 , 1251 ). # Marie (c. 1226 – January 18 , 1256 , Donauwörth ), married Louis II, Duke Of Upper Bavaria . She was beheaded by her husband on suspicion of infidelity. # Margaret (d. March 14 , 1277 ), Abbess of Herzogenthal . His second marriage was to Sophie Of Thuringia ( March 20 , 1224 – May 29 , 1275 ), daughter of Ludwig IV Of Thuringia and Elisabeth Of Hungary by whom he had two children: # Henry ( 1244 – 1308 , created Landgrave of Hesse in 1263 . # Elizabeth ( 1243 – October 9 , 1261 ), married in Braunschweig July 13 , 1254 to Albert I, Duke Of Brunswick-Lüneburg SEE ALSO |
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