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Personal data Hertog Hendrik Iii van Brabant 

• He was born in the year 1231.Source 1

  Attention: Was younger than 16 years (14) when child (Maria van Brabant) was born (May 1, 1245).

• He died in Leuven (België).
• He is buried in Leuven, Dominikanenkerk.
• A child of Hertog Hendrik Ii van Brabant and Maria von Hohenstaufen
• This information was last updated on January 5, 2016.

Household of Hertog Hendrik Iii van Brabant

(1) He is married to N.N. N.N..

They got married

(2) He is married to Joanna van der Balcht.

They got married

Child(ren):

1. Gilles van Brabant  ± 1265-± 1290 

(3) He is married to Adélaide de Bourgogne.

They got married in the year 1251, he was 20 years old.Source 1

Child(ren):

1. Maria van Brabant  1245-1285 
2. Hertog Hendrik Iv van Brabant  ± 1251-1267
3. Hertog Jan I, van Brabant  ± 1252-1294 
4. Jan (Cambrinus) van Brabant  1254-1294
5. Godfried van Brabant  ± 1255-1302
6. Maria van Brabant  < 1260-???? 

Notes about Hertog Hendrik Iii van Brabant

Henry "the Peaceful" (D: hendrik deVreedzame), duke of Brabant, duke of Lotharingia and Knight
Was duke from 1248-1261

Foundation for medieval Genealogy http://fmg.ac :

HENRI de Brabant, son of HENRI II Duke of Brabant & his first wife Marie of Germany [Hohenstaufen] (-Louvain 28 Feb or 1 Mar 1261, bur Louvain, Dominican Church). The Annales Parchenses names "filius eius [=Heinrici II ducis] dux Heinricus tercius puer bone indolis"[219]. Provost at Aachen 1233. He succeeded his father in 1248 as HENRI III "le Pacifique/le Débonnaire" Duke of Brabant. The Oude Kronik van Brabant records that "Henricus tertius…in ducatu Lotharingie" was the first of his line to adopt the title "ducem Lotharingie et Brabancie"[220]. The necrology of Maubuisson records the death "Kal Mar" of "Henricus dux Brebancie pater domine Marie regine Francie"[221]. The Oude Kronik van Brabant records the death at Louvain "Kal Mar" in 1260 of "Henricus Pius dux Lotharingie Brabancie", while preparing to leave on Crusade, and his burial "apud Fratres Predicatores"[222].
m (1251 after 21 Jul) ALIX de Bourgogne, daughter of HUGUES IV Duke of Burgundy [Capet] & his first wife Yolande de Dreux ([1233]-20 Oct 1273, bur Louvain Dominican Church). The Annales Parchenses records the marriage in 1253 of "Heinricus dux" and "filiam ducis Burgundie…Aeliden"[223]. The Oude Kronik van Brabant records that "Henricus tertius…in ducatu Lotharingie" married "Aleidem filiam Hugonis ducis Burgundie"[224]. Regent of Brabant 1261-1268 successively for her sons Dukes Henri IV and Jean I. She corresponded with St Thomas Aquinus, who dedicated Du Gouvernement du Prince to her[225]. The necrology of Maubuisson records the death "XIII Kal Nov" of "domina Aalipdis ducissa Brabancie mater domine Marie…regina Francie"[226]. The Oude Kronik van Brabant records the death in 1262 of "ducissa…Aleydis de Burgundia…fundatrix monasteriorum tam in Lovanio quam in Oudergheem" and her burial with her husband "apud Fratres Predicatores"[227].
Mistress (1): ---. The name of Duke Henri's mistress is not known.
Duke Henri III & his wife had five children:
1. HENRI de Brabant (Louvain [1251/52]-after 29 Apr 1272). The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ names (in order) "Henricum…Iohannem…Godefridum…et Mariam" as the children of "Henricus…tertius dux" & his wife, specifying that Henri was "fatuum et insensatum, debilem et deformem"[228]. The Annales Parchenses names "Henricum puerum" as successor of "dux Henricus", specifying that he was 9 years old when he succeeded[229]. He succeeded his father in 1261 as HENRI IV Duke of Brabant. He was incapable of governing because of imbecility, and was obliged to abdicate at Cambrai 24 May 1267. His maternal grandfather brought him to Dijon in 1269, as a canon at St Etienne where he made his vows. Betrothed (1257) to MARGUERITE de France, daughter of LOUIS IX King of France & his wife Marguerite de Provence (early 1255-Jul 1271, bur église de l'Abbaye royale de Saint-Denis). The primary source which confirms her betrothal has not yet been identified. This betrothal was terminated because of the imbecility of the fiancé, the fiancé later marrying Henri's younger brother Jean.
2. JEAN de Brabant (Brussels 1253-Antwerp 3 May 1294, bur Brussels Franciscan Church). The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ names (in order) "Henricum…Iohannem…Godefridum…et Mariam" as the children of "Henricus…tertius dux" & his wife, specifying that Jean and Godefroi were born in Brussels[230]. He succeeded his brother in 1267 as JEAN I "the Victorious" Duke of Brabant.
3. GODEFROI de Brabant (-killed in battle Courtrai 11 Jul 1302). The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ names (in order) "Henricum…Iohannem…Godefridum…et Mariam" as the children of "Henricus…tertius dux" & his wife, specifying that Jean and Godefroi were born in Brussels[231]. The Gesta Abbatem Trudonensium names "Godefridus, frater Iohannis ducis [de Brabancia]" and his wife "Iohanne de Virson"[232]. Heer van Aarschot, Seigneur de Vierzon.
- HEREN van AARSCHOT.
4. MARIE de Brabant (Louvain ([1260]-Murel near Meulan 12 Jan 1322, bur Paris, église des Cordeliers). The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ names (in order) "Henricum…Iohannem…Godefridum…et Mariam" as the children of "Henricus…tertius dux" & his wife, specifying that Marie was later "regina Francie"[233]. She was crowned Queen of France at Paris, Sainte Chapelle 24 Jun 1275. The necrology of Chartres cathedral records the death "IV Id Jan" of "domina Maria de Brebencia quondam regina Francie uxor quondam Philippi regi Francie dicti le Hardi"[234]. m (contract Vincennes 27 Aug 1274) as his second wife, PHILIPPE III "le Hardi" King of France, son of LOUIS IX King of France & his wife Marguerite de Provence (Poissy, Yvelines 1 May 1245-Perpignan 5 Oct 1285, bur église de l'Abbaye royale de Saint-Denis).
5. child . The primary source which confirms the parentage of this child has not yet been identified.
Duc Henri III had one illegitimate son by Mistress (1):
6. GILLES . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. 1286/88.
- van der BALCH[235].

notes:
[221] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.2, Abbaye de Maubuisson, p. 655.
[222] Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 66.
[223] Annales Parchenses 1253, MGH SS XVI, p. 607.
[224] Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 65.
[225] Kerrebrouck, P. Van (2000) Les Capétiens 987-1328 (Villeneuve d'Asq), pp. 578-9.
[226] Obituaires de Sens Tome I.2, Abbaye de Maubuisson, p. 656.
[227] Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 66.
[228] Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ 9, MGH SS XXV, p. 391.
[229] Annales Parchenses 1260, MGH SS XVI, p. 607.
[230] Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ 9, MGH SS XXV, p. 391.
[231] Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ 9, MGH SS XXV, p. 391.
[232] Gestorum Abbatem Trudonensium Continuatio Tertia II, 7, MGH SS X, p. 409.
[233] Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ 9, MGH SS XXV, p. 391.
[234] Obituaires de Sens Tome II, Eglise cathédrale de Chartres, Obituaire du xii siècle, p. 32.
[235] ES I.2 237, which gives no details but states that the family was extinct in 1388.

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