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Henry Ii, Duke Of Brabant




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 ( 12011235 , Leuven), daughter of Philip Of Swabia and Irene Angelina . They had six children:
# Henry III, Duke Of Brabant (d. 1261 )
# Philip, died young
# Matilda ( 1224September 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 ( 1225November 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. 1226January 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 , 1224May 29 , 1275 ), daughter of Ludwig IV Of Thuringia and Elisabeth Of Hungary by whom he had two children:
# Henry ( 12441308 , created Landgrave of Hesse in 1263 .
# Elizabeth ( 1243October 9 , 1261 ), married in Braunschweig July 13 , 1254 to Albert I, Duke Of Brunswick-Lüneburg


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