Henry III, Duke of Brabant

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Henry III
Duke of Brabant
Duke of Lothier
Imperial Vicar
Henry III in the Chansonnier du Roi
Born1230
Died28 February 1261
Leuven
BuriedDominican Church, Leuven
Noble familyHouse of Reginar
Spouse(s)Adelaide of Burgundy
IssueHenry IV, Duke of Brabant
John I, Duke of Brabant
Godfrey, Lord of Aarschot
Marie of Brabant, Queen of France
FatherHenry II, Duke of Brabant
MotherMarie of Hohenstaufen

Henry III of Brabant (c. 1230 – 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. He was also a trouvère.

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

In 1251, he married Adelaide of Burgundy (c. 1233 – October 23, 1273), daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy and Yolande de Dreux, by whom he had four children:

  1. Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (c. 1251 – aft. 1272) Mentally disabled, and made to abdicate in favor of his brother John on 24 May 1267.
  2. John I, Duke of Brabant (1253–1294) Married first to Marguerite of France, daughter of King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) and his wife Margaret of Provence, and later to Margaret of Flanders, daughter of Guy, Count of Flanders and his first wife Mathilda of Béthune.
  3. Godfrey of Brabant, Lord of Aarschot (d. July 11, 1302, Kortrijk), killed at the Battle of the Golden Spurs, married 1277 Jeanne Isabeau de Vierzon (d. aft. 1296)
  4. Maria of Brabant (1256, Leuven – January 12, 1321, Murel), married at Vincennes on August 27, 1274 to King Philip III of France.

On February 26, 1261, Henry III signed his will, which included a clause threatening to banish Jewish people from Brabant unless they ceased the practice of usury, albeit only after his death. He died two days later. His wife Adelaide, acting as regent since Henry IV was incapable of ruling, never enforced this policy laid out in the will, and the Jews were able to stay.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Dunbabin 2011, p. xiv.
  2. ^ Iohannis de Thielrode Genealogia Comitum Flandriæ MGH SS IX, p. 335.
  3. ^ Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 68.
  4. ^ "Jews, Pestilence and the Apocalypse". History of the Netherlands. Republic of Amsterdam Radio. 12 Aug 2019.

Sources

  • Dunbabin, Jean (2011). The French in the Kingdom of Sicily, 1266–1305. Cambridge University Press.
Regnal titles
Preceded by Duke of Brabant and Lothier
1248–1261 		Succeeded by
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