Adelaide of Brabant (also known as Alix of Brabant, Aleyde de Brabant, Alix of Louvain or Adelheid van Brabant), born around 1190, died in 1265, was

Countess of Boulogne Count of Boulogne was a historical title in the Kingdom of France. The city of Boulogne-sur-Mer became the centre of the county of Boulogne during the ninth century. Little is known of the early counts, but the first holder of the title is recor ...

from 1262 to 1265, the third reigning Countess in succession. She was the daughter of

Henry I, Duke of Brabant Henry I ( nl, Hendrik, french: Henri; c. 1165 – 5 September 1235), named "The Courageous", was a member of the House of Reginar and first duke of Brabant from 1183/84 until his death. Early life Henry was possibly born in Leuven (Louvain) ...

and

Matilda of Boulogne Matilda (c.1105 – 3 May 1152) was Countess of Boulogne in her own right from 1125 and Queen of England from the accession of her husband, Stephen, in 1136 until her death in 1152. She supported Stephen in his struggle for the English throne ...

Marriages

She first married Arnoul III, Count of Rieneck and Looz (died 1221), around 1206, without issue. Widowed, she remarried on 3 February 1225, William X of Auvergne (died 1247), by whom she had three children: * Robert V of Auvergne (1225–1277), count of Auvergne (1247–1277) and of Boulogne (1265–1277) * Marie of Auvergne (c. 1225–1280), x 1238 Gauthier VI Berthout (c. 1225–1286), Lord of Malines * Matilda of Auvergne (c. 1230–1280), married c. 1255 Robert II of Clermont Widowed again, she married for a third time to Arnold II of Wezemaal in 1251.Meredith P. Lillich, Rainbow Like an Emerald – Stained Glass in Lorraine in the Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries

County of Boulogne

In 1259, her cousin

Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne Mahaut or Matilda II of Boulogne (also known as ''Mathilde'', ''Maud de Dammartin''; 1202 – January 1259) was Countess of Boulogne in her own right and Queen of Portugal by marriage to King Afonso III from 1248 until their divorce in 1253. She ...

died, and she was one of the contenders for the rich

county of Boulogne The County of Boulogne was a county within the Kingdom of France during the 9th to 15th centuries, centred on the city of Boulogne-sur-Mer. It was ruled by the counts of Flanders in the 10th century, but a separate House of Boulogne emerged durin ...

, in competition with her nephew

Henry III, Duke of Brabant Henry III of Brabant ( 1230 – February 28, 1261, Leuven) was Duke of Brabant between 1248 and his death. He was the son of Henry II of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen. He was also a trouvère. The disputed territory of Lothier, the forme ...

, with Joan of Dammartin, cousin of the countess, and with

Louis IX of France Louis IX (25 April 1214 – 25 August 1270), commonly known as Saint Louis or Louis the Saint, was King of France from 1226 to 1270, and the most illustrious of the Direct Capetians. He was crowned in Reims at the age of 12, following the ...

, nephew of Matilda's first husband. Finally, the

Parliament of Paris The Parliament of Paris (french: Parlement de Paris) was the oldest ''parlement'' in the Kingdom of France, formed in the 14th century. It was fixed in Paris by Philip IV of France in 1302. The Parliament of Paris would hold sessions inside the ...

ruled in her favour. She died a few years later, having passed the county of Boulogne to her son Robert and his descendents.

References

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