Gottfried von Aerschot

Gottfried von Brabant († July 11, 1302 at Kortrijk in the Spore Battle ) was Lord of Aarschot from 1284 to 1302 and Lord of Vierzon from 1277 to 1302. He was the son of Duke Heinrich III. of Brabant and Adelheid of Burgundy.

He was just as capable a soldier and politician as his brother, Duke John I of Brabant , whom he assisted in most of his endeavors. On October 29, 1284 he received the rule of Aerschot from him. In 1288 Gottfried von Aerschot fought in the Battle of Worringen , in which it was he who took Duke Rainald I of Geldern prisoner.

In 1292 he intervened in the dispute between the King of France and the Count of Flanders , where he succeeded in mediating peace. After the death of his brother in 1294, he helped his nephew Heinrich II to cope with the uprisings in the country.

When Flanders rebelled against the French King Philip the Handsome in 1302 , Henry II and Gottfried joined the Flemish army in the fight against France. Although the Spore Battle at Kortrijk was a victory for the Flemish, Gottfried and his son Johann fell in the fighting. His property was shared among his four daughters.

progeny

In 1277 he had married Jeanne Isabeau († av. 1296), dame de Vierzon, daughter of Hervé IV., Lord of Vierzon, and Jeanne de Brenne; her children were:

• Johann (1281 † 1302)
• Maria († 1330), ⚭ I Walram († 1297), Count von Jülich , ⚭ II Robert de Beaumont, seigneur de Povance
• Elisabeth († 1350), ⚭ 1304 Gerhard V. († 1328), Count of Jülich
• Alix († 1315), ⚭ 1302 Jean III. († 1329), Lord of Harcourt
• Blanche († 1329), ⚭ I Jan Berthout († 1304), Lord of Mechelen , ⚭ II 1307 Jean († 1332), Vice Count of Thouars ( House of Thouars )
• Margarete, nun in Longchamp Abbey near Paris, † after 1318
• Johanna, nun in Longchamp, † after 1318

literature

• Académie royale de Belgique: Biographie Nationale de Belgique , Volume 7, Brussels 1883