Duke Heinrich II of BRABANT

Birth:
1207
Brabant, Holy Roman Empire
Death:
1 Feb 1247/48
Brabant, Holy Roman Empire
Father:
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Mother:
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Princess Sophia of THURINGEN
Birth:
20 Mar 1223/24
Death:
29 May 1284
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
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Notes:
                   Sophia (1224-84), who married Henry II, Duke of Brabant, and was theancestress of the Landgraves of Hesse, as in the war of the Thuringiansuccession she won Hesse for her son Heinrich I, called the Child.
Children
Marriage
1
Princess Elisabeth of BRABANT
Birth:
1243
Death:
9 Oct 1261
 
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Landgrave Heinrich I of HESSEN
Birth:
24 Jun 1244
Lothringen, Brabant
Death:
21 Dec 1308
Marburg, Hessen
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                          With Henry Raspe, the brother-in-law of St. Elisabeth of Thuringen,the male line of the Thuringian Landgraves became extinct in 1247,whereupon the Hessens chose Heinrich of Brabant, Elisabeth's grandson, astheir Landgrave. Hessen was separated from Thuringen, and, after a longstruggle with other claimants of the title, Heinrich established hisauthority as Landgrave of Hessen. For a large portion of his territorieshe owed fealty to the Archbishop of Mainz; for his allodial estate andthe imperial fiefs which he possessed, he received in 1292 from KingAdolph of Nassau the hereditary rank of Prince of the Empire. SubsequentLandgraves did not use the title of Prince, but reserved Princess fortheir daughters.  Heinrich chose Kassel as his residence, and from him isdescended the present princely house of Hessen, which can thus trace itsline back to St. Elisabeth.
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Duke Heinrich II of Brabant - Princess Sophia of Thuringen

Duke Heinrich II of Brabant was born at Brabant, Holy Roman Empire 1207.

He married Princess Sophia of Thuringen . Princess Sophia of Thuringen was born at 20 Mar 1223/24 .

They were the parents of 2 children:
Princess Elisabeth of Brabant born 1243.
Landgrave Heinrich I of Hessen born 24 Jun 1244.

Duke Heinrich II of Brabant died 1 Feb 1247/48 at Brabant, Holy Roman Empire .

Princess Sophia of Thuringen died 29 May 1284 .