Matilda of Boulogne, Duchess of Brabant
Matilde of Boulogne | |
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| Born | c. 1162 |
| Died | 16 October 1210 |
| Buried | St. Peter's Church, Leuven |
| Noble family | House of Alsace |
| Spouse | Henry I, Duke of Brabant |
Issue | |
| Father | Matthew, Count of Boulogne |
| Mother | Marie I, Countess of Boulogne |
Matilda of Boulogne (c. 1162 – 16 October 1210) was the younger daughter of Matthew, Count of Boulogne, and Marie I, Countess of Boulogne.[1] Matilda became Duchess of Brabant by her marriage to Henry I, Duke of Brabant.[2]
Matilda's parents' marriage was dissolved around 1170 and her mother became a Benedictine nun at St. Austrebert, Montreuil and died in 1182.[3] Matilda's father continued to rule as count of Boulogne until his death in 1173. Her older sister, Ida, became countess.
Matilda married Duke Henry I of Brabant in 1180.[4] The couple went on to have:
- Maria (c. 1190 – May 1260), married in Maastricht after 19 May 1214 Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, married July 1220 Count William I of Holland
- Adelaide (b. c. 1190), married 1206 Arnold III, Count of Loos, married 3 February 1225 William X of Auvergne (c. 1195–1247), married before 21 April 1251 Arnold van Wesemaele (d. aft. 1288)
- Margaret (1192–1231), married January 1206 Gerard III, Count of Guelders (d. 22 October 1229)
- Matilda (c. 1200 – 22 December 1267), married in Aachen in 1212 Henry II, Count Palatine of the Rhine (d. 1214), married on 6 December 1214 Floris IV, Count of Holland
- Henry II of Brabant (1207–1248), married firstly before 22 August 1215 Marie of Hohenstaufen; married secondly in 1240 Sophie of Thuringia
- Godfrey (1209 – 21 January 1254), Lord of Gaesbeek, married Maria van Oudenaarde
- child, whose name and sex is unknown
Matilde died in 1210 or 1211. She was buried at St. Peter's in Leuven.
References
- ↑ McDougall 2017, p. 204.
- ↑ Pollock 2015, p. 10.
- ↑ Burgess & Busby 1986, p. 19.
- ↑ Lambert of Ardres 2007, p. 229.
Sources
- Burgess, Glyn S.; Busby, Keith, eds. (1986). The Lais of Marie de France. Penguin.
- Lambert of Ardres (2007). The History of The Counts of Guines and Lords of Ardres. Translated by Shopkow, Leah. University of Pennsylvania Press.
- Pollock, M.A. (2015). Scotland, England and France after the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296. The Boydell Press.
- McDougall, Sara (2017). Royal Bastards: The Birth of Illegitimacy, 800-1230. Oxford University Press.
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