Cook Family Ancestry Henry II of Brabant Duke of Brabant [8559] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

Godfrey III Count of Louvain [12639]
(1142-1190)

Marguerite of Limbourg [64355]

Matthew of Alsace von Lothringen Count of Boulogne [12640]
(-1173)

Mary of Boulogne Countess of Mortaigne [12641]
(Abt 1136-1182)

Henry I The Courageous Duke of Brabant [8557]
(1165-1235)

Matilda of Boulogne Duchess of Brabant [8558]
(1170-1210)

Henry II of Brabant Duke of Brabant [8559]
(Abt 1207-1248)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Maria of Germany Hohenstaufens [8552]

2. Sophie of Thuringia Duchess of Brabant [63487]

Elizabeth of Brabant [8634]

Henry II of Brabant Duke of Brabant [8559] ²⁴

Born: Abt 1207
Marriage (1): Maria of Germany Hohenstaufens [8552] before 22 Aug 1215
Marriage (2): Sophie of Thuringia Duchess of Brabant [63487]
Died: 1 Feb 1248 about age 41

bullet General Notes:

http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal10412

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded, 1235.

Henry married Maria of Germany Hohenstaufens [8552] [MRIN: 3592], daughter of Philip of Swabia Hohenstaufen Holy Roman Emperor [8550] and Irene of Byzantium Angelina [8553], before 22 Aug 1215. (Maria of Germany Hohenstaufens [8552] was born on 3 Apr 1201 in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, christened in 1201 and died on 29 Mar 1235.)

Henry next married Sophie of Thuringia Duchess of Brabant [63487] [MRIN: 551618570]. (Sophie of Thuringia Duchess of Brabant [63487] was born on 20 Mar 1224, died on 29 May 1275 and was buried in Villers Abbey, Brabant.)

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Henry II of Brabant Duke of Brabant [8559] ²⁴