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Godfrey of Brabant donated the land for new city fortifications to the inhabitants of Aarschot. [3] In 1292, he negotiated a peace between France and the Count of Flanders. After the death of his brother, he supported his nephew John II of Brabant against all internal and external opposition.
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. Marie (d. after 2 December 1338), married to Count Amadeus V of Savoy. John I had several illegitimate children: Gillis van der Balcht
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.
Purchased by Philip for 60,000 francs from John III, Count of Armagnac. [29] Seized by France in 1477, but returned to Charles the Bold's Habsburg heirs in 1493. [25] Bailiwick of Mâcon: John the Fearless: 1417 Seized by force from the French crown, [30] [31] confirmed by Treaty of Arras 1435. [32] Annexed by Louis XI in 1477. [33] County of ...
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.
About one hundred years later, in 1183/1184, Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa formally established the Duchy of Brabant and created the hereditary title of duke of Brabant in favour of Henry I of Brabant, son of Count Godfrey III of Leuven. Although the original county was still quite small - and limited to the territory between the Dender and ...
Coat of arms of the Duchy of Brabant.. 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).
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.