Matilda of Boulogne (1170 – 16 October 1210) was the younger daughter of

Matthew, Count of Boulogne Matthew, Count of Boulogne, also known as ''Matthew of Alsace'' (–1173) was the second son of Thierry, Count of Flanders and Sibylla of Anjou. Matthew forcibly abducted the nun Marie de Boulogne, daughter of Stephen, King of England, and constr ...

, and

Marie I, Countess of Boulogne Marie I or Mary (1136 – 25 July 1182 in St Austrebert, Montreuil, France) was the ''suo jure'' Countess of Boulogne from 1159 to 1170. She also held the post of Abbess of Romsey for five years until her abduction by Matthew of Alsace, who for ...

. Matilda became

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by her marriage to

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) ...

. Matilda's parents' marriage was annulled the year she was born and her mother became a

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nun at St. Austrebert, Montreuil and died in 1182. Matilde's father continued to reign as

Count 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 ...

until his death in 1173, when her older sister

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became countess. Matilda married

, in 1180. The couple went on to have: *

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(c. 1190 – May 1260), married in

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after 19 May 1214

Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV (1175 – 19 May 1218) was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1209 until his death in 1218. Otto spent most of his early life in England and France. He was a follower of his uncle Richard the Lionheart, who made him Count of Poitou in 1196 ...

, married July 1220 Count

William I of Holland William I (c. 1167 – 4 February 1222) was count of Holland from 1203 to 1222. He was the younger son of Floris III and Ada of Huntingdon. Early life William was born in The Hague, but raised in Scotland. He participated in the Third Crusa ...

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(b. c. 1190), married 1206 Arnold III, Count of Loos, married 3 February 1225 (c. 1195–1247), married before 21 April 1251 Arnold van Wesemaele (d. aft. 1288) * Margaret (1192–1231), married January 1206

Gerard III, Count of Guelders Gerard III of Guelders (1185 – 22 October 1229) was the Count of Guelders and Zutphen from 1207 until his death in 1229. He was a son of Count Otto I of Guelders, and is sometimes called Gerard IV or Gerard V. Gerard married Margaretha of ...

(d. 22 October 1229) * Mathilde (c. 1200 – 22 December 1267), married in

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in 1212 Henry II,

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(d. 1214), married on 6 December 1214

Floris IV, Count of Holland Floris IV (24 June 1210 – 19 July 1234) was the count of Holland from 1222 to 1234. He was born in The Hague, a son of William I of Holland and his first wife, Adelaide of Guelders. Floris succeeded his father in 1222. His regent was Baldwin o ...

Henry II of Brabant Henry II of Brabant ( nl, Hendrik, french: Henri; 1207 – February 1, 1248) was Duke of Brabant and Lothier after the death of his father Henry I in 1235. His mother was Matilda of Boulogne. Henry II supported his sister Mathilde's son, ...

(1207–1248), married firstly before 22 August 1215

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; married secondly in 1240

Sophie of Thuringia Sophie of Thuringia (20 March 1224 – 29 May 1275) was the second wife and only Duchess consort of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lothier. She was the heiress of Hesse which she passed on to her son, Henry upon her retention of the territory fol ...

* Godfrey (1209 – 21 January 1254), Lord of Gaesbeek, married Maria van Oudenaarde * child, whose name and sex is unknown Matilde died in 1210 or 1211. She was buried at St. Peter's in

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Ancestry

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