Henry II (Brabant)

Heinrich II, Duke of Brabant, depiction around 1600

Henry II ( French : Henri II de Brabant , Dutch : Hendrik II van Brabant ) (* 1207 ; † February 1, 1248 in Leuven ) was Duke of Brabant and Lower Lorraine since the death of his father Heinrich I in 1235.

He was one of the supporters of his nephew Wilhelm von Holland when he was elected Roman-German king .

progeny

Heinrich II's first marriage was Maria von Staufen (* March / April 1196, † before 1235 in Leuven), daughter of the German King Philip of Swabia . Heinrich and Maria had six children:

1. Henry III. Duke of Brabant († 1261)
   1. ⚭ 1251 Alix of Burgundy
2. Philipp († young)
3. Mathilde (1224--29 September 1288)
   1. ⚭ June 4, 1237 in Compiègne, Count Robert I of Artois ;
   2. ⚭ before May 31, 1254 Guido II of Châtillon , Count of Saint-Pol .
4. Beatrix of Brabant (* 1225; † 1288)
   1. ⚭ March 10, 1241 at Creuzburg Castle Heinrich Raspe Landgrave of Thuringia ;
   2. ⚭ November 1247 in Leuven Wilhelm von Dampierre , Count of Flanders (* 1224; † June 6, 1251).
5. Maria von Brabant (* around 1226; † January 18, 1256 in Donauwörth ); ⚭ Ludwig the Strict Duke of Upper Bavaria ; she was executed by her husband on suspicion of infidelity.
6. Margarethe († March 14, 1277), Abbess of Herzogenthal .

In his second marriage, Heinrich married Sophie von Thuringia (* March 20, 1224, † May 29, 1275), daughter of Landgrave Ludwig IV and St. Elisabeth , from whom he had two children:

1. Heinrich I (* 1244; † 1308), 1263 Landgrave of Hesse .
2. Elisabeth (* 1243 - † October 9, 1261), ⚭ Braunschweig July 13, 1254 Albrecht I, Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg

Henry II was buried in Villers-la-Ville .

literature

• Heinrich Neu :  Heinrich II., Duke of Brabant. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 348 ( digitized version ).
• Karl Theodor Wenzelburger:  Heinrich II., Duke of Brabant . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 481 f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Heinrich I.	Duke of Brabant 1235-1248	Henry III.