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Henry III, wife and children. Godfrey was the third son of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Adelaide of Burgundy, Duchess of Brabant. [1] He was an able warrior and politician and supported his elder brother John I, Duke of Brabant in all his undertakings.
Godfrey married Ida of Chiny (1078–1117), [1] daughter of Otto II, Count of Chiny, (c. 1065 – after 1131) and Adelaide of Namur.They had several children: Adeliza of Louvain (b. 1103 – d. abbey of Affligem, 23 April 1151) married Henry I, King of England [1] and later William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel (1109 – before 1151).
Godfrey married twice: Firstly, to Margaret of Limbourg, daughter of Henry II, Duke of Limburg, [2] in 1158, by whom he had two children: Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165 – 5 September 1235). [3] Henry was installed in 1180 as duke of Lower Lorraine until 1222. He was made count of Louvain in 1183, until 1198. He was installed as Duke of ...
Geoffroy d'Harcourt was the youngest son of John III d'Harcourt, Viscount of Châtellerault and Saint-Sauveur, and Alix de Brabant, the daughter of Godfrey of Brabant. Harcourt was known as "the lame" due to him having a deformed leg, which made him limp. He was knighted in 1326 and inherited the Viscounty of Saint-Sauveur in 1330.
In 1273, John married Margaret (d. 3 July 1285), daughter of Guy, Count of Flanders [6] and had the following children: Godfrey (1273/74 – aft. 13 September 1283). John II of Brabant (1275–1312). Margaret (4 October 1276 – 14 December 1311, Genoa), married 9 July 1292 to Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
John of Brabant (1327–1335/36), married Marie of France (1326–1333), daughter of King Philip VI of France, [a] but died soon after with no issue, buried in Tervueren. Henri of Brabant (d. 29 October 1349), Duke of Limburg and Lord of Mechelen in 1347. Died young and buried in Tervuren in 1349.
1355–1389 : John VI (1342–1389), son of John V married Catherine de Bourbon (d. 1427), daughter of Peter I, Duke of Bourbon, in 1359; 1389–1452 : John VII (1370–1452), son of John VI married Marie d'Alençon (1373–1417), daughter of Pierre II, Count of Alençon, in 1390; His only son, John VIII, was killed in battle in 1424.
Coats of arms of the Seven noble houses of Brussels, engraved by Jacques Harrewyn, 1697.. The seven families were first named in a document from 1306 in which John II, Duke of Brabant restores and asserts the existing privileges of the seven families after the citizens of Brussels had violently demanded participation in the city's government.