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Household of Jean van Brabant

(1) He is married to Marguerite van Frankrijk.

They got married


(2) He is married to Marguerite van Vlaanderen.

They got married.


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Notes about Jean van Brabant

JEAN de Brabant, son of HENRI III "le Pacifique/le Débonnaire" Duke of Brabant & his wife Alix de Bourgogne [Capet] (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[360]. He succeeded his brother in 1267 as JEAN I "the Victorious" Duke of Brabant. He bought a claim the duchy of Limburg from Adolf V Graf von Berg, who had disputed the succession of his cousin Ermengard and her husband Reinald I Graaf van Gelre[361]. His forces captured Worringen where the other claimant Henri VI Comte de Luxembourg, to whom Graf Reinald had sold his claim, was killed in battle. The dispute was arbitrated by Philippe III King of France who found in favour of Duke Jean who was thereupon recognised as Duke of Limburg in 1288[362]. The Balduini Ninovensis Chronicon records the death "1294 Non Mai" of "Iohannis primus dux Lotharingie, Brabantie et Lemburgie" during a tournament celebrating the marriage of the Comte de Bar with the daughter of the King of England[363].

m firstly ([5 Sep] 1270) 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). An anonymous chronicle of the kings of France, written [1286/1314], records that the third daughter of "li rois Loois...[et] Marguerite la fille au conte de Provence" married "au duc de Braibant" but did not live long[364]. The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Ampliata names "Margaretam filiam sancti Ludovici Regis Francie" as the first wife of "Iohannes dux Lothoringie et Brabantie" specifying that she had one son[365]. She had previously been betrothed to Duke Jean's older brother. The Oude Kronik van Brabant records that "Johannes primus…in ducatu Lotharingie et Brabancie" married "Margaretam, filiam Philippi regis Francorum", adding that she died in childbirth with her child[366].

m secondly (1273) MARGUERITE de Flandre, daughter of GUY Count of Flanders & his first wife Mathilde de Béthune ([1251]-3 Jul 1285, bur Brussels Franciscan Church). The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Ampliata names "Margaretam filiam Guidonis comitis Flandrie" as the second wife of "Iohannes dux Lothoringie et Brabantie"[367]. The Genealogia Comitum Flandriæ refers to the three (unnamed) daughters of "Guido…ex Mathilde filia Roberti Tenremontensis", specifying that one (listed first) married "Iohanni duci Brabantie"[368]. The Oude Kronik van Brabant records that "Johannes primus…in ducatu Lotharingie et Brabancie" married secondly "Margareta, filia Guidonis comitis Flandrie"[369]. The Annales Blandinienses name "Margaretha duxissa Brabantie, filia Guidonis comitis Flandrie" when recording her death in 1284 and burial in Brussels, specifying that she left four children "quorum maior natu duxit filiam regis Anglie in uxorem[370].

Mistress (1) - (5): ---. The names of Duke Jean's mistresses are not known.

Duke Jean I & his first wife had one child:
son (b and d Jul 1271, bur Saint-Denis).

Duke Jean I & his second wife had four children:
GODEFROI de Brabant ([1273/74]-after 13 Sep 1283).
JEAN de Brabant (27 Sep 1275-Château de Tervueren 27 Oct 1312, Brussels Saints Michael and Gudula).
MARGUERITE de Brabant (4 Oct 1276-Genoa 14 Dec 1311, bur Pisa Cathedral).
MARIE de Brabant ([1277/85]-after 2 Nov 1338, bur Brussels Franciscan Church).

Duke Jean I had five illegitimate children by Mistresses (1) - (5) (The primary sources which confirm their parentage, and the parentage of their descendants, have not yet been identified unless otherwise stated below):
JAN Meeuwe ([1275/90?]-[22 Jun 1333/1339])
JENNEQUIN van Mechelen .
JAN Pyliser (-after 1364).
JAN van der Plasch [van der Plast] (-after 1349).
MARGARETA van Tervueren [de le Vuere] .

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