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Maria of BRABANT

Female - Aft 1338


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  1. 1.  Maria of BRABANT (daughter of John I The Victorious Duke Of BRABANT and Margaret Of FLANDERS); died after 02 Dec 1338.

    Maria married Amadeus V The Great Count Of SAVOY in 1297. Amadeus (son of Thomas II Of PIEDMONT and Beatrice DI FIECHI) was born on 4 Sep 1249 in Bourget-du-Luac; died on 16 Oct 1323 in Avignon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Maria Of SAVOY
    2. Catherine Of SAVOY was born in 1284; died in 1336.
    3. Anne Of SAVOY died in 1359.
    4. Beatrice Of SAVOY was born in 1310; died in 1331.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John I The Victorious Duke Of BRABANT was born in 1252/3 (son of Henry III and Alice Of BURGUNDY); died on 03 May 1294 in Leuven; was buried in The Church of the Minderbroeders in Leuven.

    Notes:

    John I van Brabant, also called John I the Victorious (Leuven 1252/1253 ? May 3, 1294 in Leuven) was Duke of Brabant (1267?1294), Lothier and Limburg (1288?1294).

    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. His greatest military victory was the Battle of Woeringen, by which John I came to reign over the Duchy of Limburg. In 1288 Limburg was formally attached to Brabant.

    John I is said to be a perfect model of a feudal prince in the days of chivalry: brave, adventurous, excelling in every form of active exercise, fond of display, generous in temper. 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. Jan delighted in tournaments and was always eager to take part in jousts. He was also famous for his many illegitimate children.

    On May 3, 1294 at some marriage festivities at Bar-le-Duc (now France), John I was mortally wounded in the arm in an encounter. He was buried in the church of the Minderbroeders in Leuven, but since the Protestant iconoclasm (Beeldenstorm) in 1566, nothing remains of his tomb.

    John married Margaret Of FLANDERS in 1273. Margaret (daughter of Guy De Dampierre Count Of FLANDERS and Isabelle Of LUXEMBOURG) was born about 1253; died on 03 Jul 1285. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Margaret Of FLANDERS was born about 1253 (daughter of Guy De Dampierre Count Of FLANDERS and Isabelle Of LUXEMBOURG); died on 03 Jul 1285.
    Children:
    1. 1. Maria of BRABANT died after 02 Dec 1338.
    2. Margaret Of BRABANT was born on 04 Oct 1276; died on 14 Dec 1311 in Genoa.
    3. Godfrey Of BRABANT was born between 1273 and 1274; died after 13 Sep 1283.
    4. John II Duke Of BRABANT was born about 1275; died on 27 Oct 1312 in Castle of Vueren; was buried in St. Gudule, Brussels.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Henry III was born about 1233 in Louvain, Brabant (son of Henry II and Princess of Germany Marie Of SWABIA); died on 28 Feb 1260/1.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Duke of Lourraine and Brabant

    Henry married Alice Of BURGUNDY in 1251. Alice (daughter of Hugh IV and Yolande DE DREUX) was born in 1233; died on 23 Oct 1273. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Alice Of BURGUNDY was born in 1233 (daughter of Hugh IV and Yolande DE DREUX); died on 23 Oct 1273.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Alix of Burgundy

    Children:
    1. Marie Of BRABANT was born about 1260 in Liege; died on 12 Jan 1322 in Murel.
    2. Henry IV Duke Of BRABANT was born about 1251; died after 1272.
    3. 2. John I The Victorious Duke Of BRABANT was born in 1252/3; died on 03 May 1294 in Leuven; was buried in The Church of the Minderbroeders in Leuven.
    4. Lord Of Aarschot Godfrey Of BRABANT died on 11 Jul 1302 in Kortrijk, Battle of the Golden Spurs.

  3. 6.  Guy De Dampierre Count Of FLANDERS was born about 1226.

    Notes:

    Guy of Dampierre (Dutch: Gwijde van Dampierre) (c. 1226 ? March 7, 1304, CompiËgne) was the count of Flanders during the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302. His coat-of-arms was "Or, a lion rampant sable".

    Guy was the second son of William II of Dampierre and Margaret II of Flanders. The death of his elder brother William in a tournament made him joint Count of Flanders with his mother. (She had made William co-ruler of Flanders 1246 to ensure that it would go to the Dampierre children of her second marriage, rather than the Avesnes children of her first.) Guy and his mother struggled against the Avesnes (led by John I, Count of Hainaut) in the War of the Succession of Flanders and Hainault, but were defeated in 1253 at the Battle of Walcheren, and Guy was taken prisoner. By the mediation of Louis IX of France, he was ransomed in 1256. Some respite was obtained by the death of John of Hainaut in 1257.

    In 1270, Margaret confiscated the property of English merchants in Flanders; this led to a devastating trade war with England, which supplied most of the wool for the Flemish weavers. Even after her abdication in 1278, Guy often found himself in difficulties with the fractious commoners.

    In 1288, complaints over taxes led Philip IV of France to tighten his control over Flanders. Tension built between Guy and the king; in 1294, Guy arranged a marriage between his daughter Philippa and Edward, Prince of Wales. However, Philip imprisoned Guy and two of his sons, forced him to call off the marriage, and imprisoned Philippa in Paris until her death in 1306. Guy was summoned before the king again in 1296, and the principal cities of Flanders were taken under royal protection until Guy paid an idemnity and surrendered his territories, to hold them at the grace of the king.

    After these indignities, Guy attempted to revenge himself on Philip by an alliance with Edward I of England in 1297, to which Philip responded by declaring Flanders annexed to the royal domain. The French under Robert II of Artois defeated the Flemings at the Battle of Furnes, and Edward's expedition into Flanders was abortive. He made peace with Philip in 1298 and left Guy to his fate. The French invaded again in 1299 and captured both Guy and his son Robert in January 1300.

    The Flemish burghers, however, found direct French rule to be more oppressive than that of the count. After smashing a French army at the Battle of Courtrai in 1302, Guy was briefly released by the French to try to negotiate terms. His subjects, however, refused to compromise; and a new French offensive in 1304 destroyed a Flemish fleet at the Battle of Zierikzee and fought the Flemings to a draw at the Battle of Mons-en-PÈvËle. Guy was returned to prison, where he died.

    Guy married Isabelle Of LUXEMBOURG. Isabelle (daughter of Henry III "the Blond" Count Of LUXEMBOURG and ? UNKNOWN) died in Sep 1298. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Isabelle Of LUXEMBOURG (daughter of Henry III "the Blond" Count Of LUXEMBOURG and ? UNKNOWN); died in Sep 1298.
    Children:
    1. Beatrix Of DAMPIERRE
    2. Guy DE DAMPIERRE was born in 1272; died on 13 Oct 1311.
    3. 3. Margaret Of FLANDERS was born about 1253; died on 03 Jul 1285.


  

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