John I The Victorious Duke Of BRABANT

Male 1253 - 1294  (41 years)


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  • Name John I The Victorious Duke Of BRABANT  [1, 2
    Birth 1252/3  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death 03 May 1294  Leuven Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial The Church of the Minderbroeders in Leuven Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    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.
    Person ID I07423  Main Tree
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2019 

    Father Henry III,   b. Abt 1233, Louvain, Brabant Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1260/1 (Age 28 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Alice Of BURGUNDY,   b. 1233   d. 23 Oct 1273 (Age 40 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 1251  [3
    Family ID F04461  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret Princess Of FRANCE,   b. 1254, Paris, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1271 (Age 17 years) 
    Marriage 05 Sep 1270  [2
    Children 
     1. Son Of BRABANT,   b. 1271   d. 1271 (Age 0 years)  [Natural]
    Family ID F03679  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Margaret Of FLANDERS,   b. Abt 1253   d. 03 Jul 1285 (Age 32 years) 
    Marriage 1273  [2
    Children 
     1. Maria of BRABANT   d. Aft 02 Dec 1338  [Birth]
     2. Margaret Of BRABANT,   b. 04 Oct 1276   d. 14 Dec 1311, Genoa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)  [Natural]
     3. Godfrey Of BRABANT,   b. Between 1273 and 1274   d. Aft 13 Sep 1283 (Age > 10 years)  [Natural]
     4. John II Duke Of BRABANT,   b. Abt 1275   d. 27 Oct 1312, Castle of Vueren Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F17575  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.

    2. [S03581] Wikipedia Encyclopedia.

    3. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.