Mathilde of Brabant

Mathilde von Brabant (* 1224 , † September 29, 1288 ) was a countess of Artois and Saint-Pol through her marriages . She was a daughter of Duke Heinrich II of Brabant and Maria von Staufen, a daughter of the Roman-German King Philip of Swabia .

She was married on June 14, 1237 in Compiègne to Count Robert I of Artois , who was a brother of the French King Louis IX. of the holy was. On August 25, 1248, she said goodbye to her husband in Aigues-Mortes on the crusade to Egypt ( Sixth Crusade ), but did not travel with them because she was still pregnant. After her daughter was born, she followed the army to Cyprus and participated in the remainder of the crusade until 1254. Mathilde's participation in this enterprise is often overlooked as it was not mentioned in any of the great chronicles of the time. Their presence at the conquest of Damiette in June 1249 can only be inferred from a letter from the royal chamberlain, Jean de Beaumont . Her husband was killed on February 8, 1250 in the fighting for al-Mansura , in September of the same year Mathilde gave birth to their son Robert in the holy land .

On her return journey from the Orient around May 1254, Mathilde married Count Guido II of Saint-Pol from the House of Châtillon in Naples . Shortly before her death, she retired to the Cercamp Abbey , where she was also buried.

children

From her first marriage to Count Robert I of Artois:

Blanche (1248--2 May 1302)

⚭ 1269 with King Henry I of Navarre († 1274)
⚭ 1276 with Edmund Crouchback († 1296), Earl of Lancaster , Cornwall and Leicester

Robert II (born September 1250, † July 11, 1302 died in the Battle of the Spurs ), Count of Artois

From her second marriage to Count Guido II of Saint-Pol:

Hugo II of Châtillon († 1307), 1292 Count of Blois and Dunois
Guido III of Châtillon († 1317), Count of Saint-Pol
Jacques de Châtillon († July 11, 1302 died in the Spore Battle ), Herr von Leuze , Condé etc.
Beatrix († 1304), ⚭ Count Johann II of Eu
Johanna, ⚭ Guillaume III. de Chauvigny , lord of Châteauroux

Individual evidence

^ Lettre de Jean de Beaumont, Chambrier de France, à Geoffroi de la Chapelle, Panetier de France in Lettres Françaises du XIIIe siècle (Paris, 1924)
^ Vinzenz von Beauvais wrote that Mathilde had traveled to Egypt in the wake of her brother-in-law Alfons of Poitiers . This did not reach Damiette until October 1249, whereas Jean de Beaumont wrote his letter in June 1249. (Vincent von Beauvais, Speculum Historiale xxxii , 89; Strasbourg, Johann Mentelin 1473)

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Entry in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

personal data
SURNAME	Mathilde of Brabant
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Countess of Artois and Saint-Pol
DATE OF BIRTH	1224
DATE OF DEATH	September 29, 1288
Place of death	Cercamp

[1] Lettre de Jean de Beaumont, Chambrier de France, à Geoffroi de la Chapelle, Panetier de France in Lettres Françaises du XIIIe siècle (Paris, 1924)

[2] Vinzenz von Beauvais wrote that Mathilde had traveled to Egypt in the wake of her brother-in-law Alfons of Poitiers . This did not reach Damiette until October 1249, whereas Jean de Beaumont wrote his letter in June 1249. (Vincent von Beauvais, Speculum Historiale xxxii , 89; Strasbourg, Johann Mentelin 1473)