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John II: Gros tournois. John II (27 September 1275 – 27 October 1312), also called John the Peaceful, was Duke of Brabant, Lothier and Limburg (1294–1312). He was the son of John I of Brabant and Margaret of Flanders. John II succeeded his father in 1294 [1] During the reign of John II, Brabant continued supporting a coalition to stop ...
The Duke of Brabant (Dutch: hertog van Brabant, French: duc de Brabant) was the ruler of the Duchy of Brabant since 1183/1184. The title was created by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in favor of Henry I of the House of Reginar , son of Godfrey III of Leuven (who was duke of Lower Lorraine at that time).
Margaret of England (15 March 1275 – after 1333) was the tenth child and seventh daughter of King Edward I of England and his first wife, Eleanor of Castile. Her husband was John II, Duke of Brabant, whom she married in 1290, the year of her mother's death. Margaret and John had one child, John III, Duke of Brabant.
Margaret of Flanders (died 3 July 1285) was a Duchess consort of Brabant. She was the daughter of Guy of Dampierre and his first wife Matilda of Béthune. [citation needed] Margaret married John I, Duke of Brabant in 1273. [1] She was the mother of: Godfrey (1273/74 – aft. 13 September 1283). John II of Brabant (1275–1312).
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John was the son of John II, Duke of Brabant, and Margaret of England. [1] In 1312, he succeeded his father as the duke of Brabant, in no small part due to his father's Charter of Kortenberg. [2] In an attempt to improve relations with France, John married Marie of Evreux. [3]
Her nieces by her brother William were Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut who married Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor; and Philippa of Hainault, Queen of England, who married Edward III and was the mother of nine surviving children including Edward, the Black, Prince of Wales, father of Richard II, and John of Gaunt, father of Henry IV, and founder of the House of Lancaster.
Joan was the daughter of Duke Robert II of Burgundy and Agnes of France. [1] Her older sister, Margaret, was the first wife of King Louis X of France. [2] Joan married Philip of Valois, Louis's cousin, in July 1313. From 1314 to 1328, they were Count and Countess of Maine; [2] from 1325, they were also Count and Countess of Valois and Anjou.