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 const ...
, 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 fo ...
. Matilda became
Duchess of Brabant
The Duke of 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, Duke of Brabant, Henry I of the House of Reginar, son of Godfrey III of Le ...
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
Benedictine
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, caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal
, abbreviation = OSB
, formation =
, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, foun ...
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
Ida
Ida or IDA may refer to:
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* Ida Facula, a mountain on Amalthea, a moon of Jupiter
*243 Ida, an asteroid
*International Docking Adapter, a docking adapter for the International Space Station
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became countess.
Matilda married
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) ...
, in 1180. The couple went on to have:
*
Maria
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People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
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* 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
* Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...
(c. 1190 – May 1260), married in
Maastricht
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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 Cru ...
*
Adelaide
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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
Aachen
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in 1212 Henry II,
Count Palatine of the Rhine
The counts palatine of Lotharingia /counts palatine of the Rhine /electors of the Palatinate (german: Kurfürst von der Pfalz) ruled some part of Rhine area in the Kingdom of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire from 915 to 1803. The title was a kind ...
(d. 1214), married on 6 December 1214
Floris IV, Count of Holland
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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
Marie of Hohenstaufen
Maria of Swabia (1199/1200 – 29 March 1235) was a member of the powerful Hohenstaufen dynasty of German kings.
Family
Maria of Hohenstaufen was born in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy around 1199/1200. She was the second daughter of Philip of Swabia an ...
; 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
Leuven
Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic ...
.
Ancestry
References
Sources
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*{{cite book , title=Royal Bastards: The Birth of Illegitimacy, 800-1230 , first=Sara , last=McDougall , publisher=Oxford University Press , year=2017
1170 births
1210 deaths
Duchesses of Brabant
House of Metz
House of Reginar
Burials at St. Peter's Church, Leuven
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12th-century French women
12th-century French people
13th-century French nobility
13th-century French women
12th-century German nobility
12th-century German women
13th-century German nobility
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