Ninth Generation  

24. Duchess Adelaide de BURGUNDY of Brabant [122518] (Duke Hugh IV de BOURGOGNE of Burgandy¹⁸, Duke Eudes III de BOURGOGNE de Bourgogne¹³, Comtesse Alix de LORRAINE de Lorraine¹², Mathieu I of Upper Lorraine (Duke)¹¹, Simon I de Lorraine (Duke)⁹, Theodoric II de Lorraine (Duke)⁵, Gerard IV de Lorraine (Duke)³, Gerard de Metz & Alsace (Comte)¹) was born about 1233 in Dijon Cote-d'Or Bourgogne France and died on 23 Oct 1273 in Monmouth Castle Monmouthshire Militia aged about 40.

Adelaide married Duke Henry III de REGINAR of Brabant [122517]. Henry was born about 1230 and died on 28 Feb 1261 in Leuven Brabant Belgium aged about 31.

General Notes: Wikipedia says:
Henry III of Brabant (c. 1230 \endash February 28, 1261, Leuven) was Duke of Brabant between 1248 and his death. He was the son of Henry II of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen.[1]

The disputed territory of Lothier, the former Duchy of Lower Lorraine, was assigned to him by the German King Alfonso X of Castile. Alfonso also appointed him Imperial Vicar to advance his claims on the Holy Roman Empire.

Children from this marriage were:

   31    i. Duke Henry IV de REGINAR of Brabant [122522] was born in 1251 in Leuven Brabant Belgium and died after 29 Apr 1272.

General Notes: Wikipedia says,
Succeeding his father at about the age of ten, he proved infirm of mind and body, and was deposed in favor of his younger brother John I, Duke of Brabant.[1] After being deposed, Henry became a novice in Saint Bénigne Abbey in Dijon. It is unknown what happened to Henry after 1272.

   32    ii. Duke John I de REGINAR of Brabant [122523] was born in 1252 in Leuven Brabant Belgium and died on 3 May 1294 in Bar-le-Duc Meuse France at age 42.

General Notes: Wikipedia says,
Born in Leuven, he was the son of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Aleidis of Burgundy, daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy. He was also an older brother of Maria of Brabant, Queen consort of Philip III of France. In 1267 his older brother Henry IV, Duke of Brabant, being mentally deficient, was deposed in his favour.[2]

John's greatest military victory was the Battle of Worringen 1288, by which John I came to reign over the Duchy of Limburg. He was completely outnumbered in forces but led the successful invasion into the Rhineland to defeat the confederacy. In 1288 Limburg was formally attached to Brabant.[2]

John I was said to be a model of feudal prince: brave, adventurous; excelling in every form of active exercise, fond of display, and generous in temper. He was considered one of the most gifted princes of his time.[2] This made him very popular in Middle Ages poetry and literature. Even today there exists an ode to him, so well known that it was a potential candidate to be the North Brabant anthem. John I delighted in tournaments and was always eager to take part in jousts.[2] He was also famous for his many illegitimate children.

On 3 May 1294 at some marriage festivities at Bar-le-Duc, John I was mortally wounded in the arm in an encounter by Pierre de Bausner.[2] He was buried in the church of the Order of Friars Minor (Minderbroederskerk) in Brussels, but since the Protestant iconoclasm (Beeldenstorm) in 1566, nothing remains of his tomb

   33    iii. Godfrey de REGINAR of Brabant [122524] died on 11 Jul 1302.

General Notes: Wikipedia says,
Godfrey was the third son of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Adelaide of Burgundy, Duchess of Brabant. He was an able warrior and politician and supported his elder brother John I, Duke of Brabant in all his undertakings. He fought alongside his brother in the Battle of Worringen in 1288, where he captured Reginald I, Count of Guelders.

On October 29, 1284, his father made him Lord of Aarschot. This reestablished a dynasty that had been broken in 1172 when Godfried III, Count of Aarschot, sold his county and, as a result, his heritage, to Godfrey's great-grandfather Godfrey III, Count of Louvain. The transaction was for an unknown amount of money and an equally unknown reason.

In 1292, he negotiated a peace between France and the Count of Flanders. After the death of his brother, he supported his nephew John II of Brabant against all internal and external opposition.

In 1302, when Flanders revolted against King Philip IV of France, Godfrey and his only son joined the army of his French ally in the Battle of the Golden Spurs. Both were killed, as were many more knights of Brabant. His estates were divided among his four married daughters.

+ 34    iv. Maria de REGINAR of Brabant [122516] was born on 13 May 1254 in Leuven Brabant Belgium and died on 12 Jan 1322 in Les Mureaux Isle-de-France France at age 67.