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Personal data Margaretha l van Brabant 

• She died between April 5, 1231 and September 21, 1231.
• A child of Hendrik I van Brabant and Mathilde van Boulogne

Household of Margaretha l van Brabant

She is married to Gerard III van Gelre.

They got married.

Child(ren):

1. Margaretha van Gelre - Brabant  ????-> 1237
2. Richardis van Gelre  ± 1218-± 1295 
3. Otto II van Gelre  ????-1271 

Notes about Margaretha l van Brabant

MARGUERITE de Brabant (-5 Apr or 21 Sep 1231, Roermond Cistercian Abbey).  The Oude Kronik van Brabant names "Mariam, conthoralem Ottonis Quartus Romanorum imperatoris, Aleydam comitssam Auernie, Margaretam comitissam Gerardi comitis Ghelrie et Mechteldim, primo quidem comitissam Palatinam Rheni, postea…comitissam Hollandie" as the daughters of "Henricus…primus, dux Lotharingie" and his wife "Mechteldim, filiam Mathei Boloniensis comitis"[268].  The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ refers to the second of the four daughters of "Henricus dux" as the wife of "comes Gelrie" and mother of "Ottonem comitem de Gelre et Henricum episcopum Leodiensem et comitissam Iuliacensem"[269].  The marriage contract between “Henricus dux Lotharingie...Margaretam filiam ducis” and “Otto comes Gelrie...Gerhardum filium comitis” is dated 1206[270].  m (contract Louvain 1206) GERHARD III Graaf van Gelre, son of OTTO Graaf van Gelre & his wife Richardis of Bavaria (-22 Oct 1229, bur Roermond Cistercian Abbey). 

Bronnen:

[268] Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 62. 

[269] Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ 7, MGH SS XXV, p. 390. 

[270] Sloet, L. A. J. W. (ed.) (1872) Ooorkondenboek der graafschappens Gelre en Zutfen, Eerste gedeelte (The Hague), 414, p. 422. 

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