Matilda of Boulogne, duchess of Brabant

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Matilda Van Boulogne

Dutch: Mathilde, French: Mathilde
Also Known As: "Mathilde van de Elzas", "Mathilde van Lotharingen"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Death: October 16, 1210 (46-47)
Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium
Place of Burial: 69 Brusselsestraat, Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen, 3000, Belgium
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Matthew of Alsace, count of Boulogne and Marie I, countess of Boulogne
Wife of Henry I, duke of Brabant
Mother of Maria de Brabant and Boulogne, Von Braunschweig; Margaretha of Brabant; Aleydis van Leuven; Machteld, countess of Holland; Daughter de Brabant and 2 others
Sister of Ida, countess of Boulogne

Occupation: duchess of Brabant
Managed by: Private User
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About Matilda of Boulogne, duchess of Brabant

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Matilde of Flanders (1170-1210) was a daughter of Marie I, Countess of Boulogne and her husband Matthew, Count of Boulogne. Matilde was Duchess of Brabant, by her marriage to Henry I, Duke of Brabant.

Family

Matilde's maternal grandparents were Stephen of England and his wife Matilda I, Countess of Boulogne. Her paternal grandparents were Thierry, Count of Flanders and Sibylla of Anjou. Matilde's elder sister was Ida, Countess of Boulogne.

Matilde's parents divorced the year she was born and her mother became a nun at St. Austrebert, Montreuil and died in 1182. Matilde's father, Matthew continued to reign as Count of Boulogne until his death in 1173, when Ida became Countess. Marie's lands in England went to her sister, another Matilda.

[edit] Marriages and children

When Matilde was only nine years old, she married Henry I, Duke of Brabant in 1179. The couple went on to have six children:

  1. Marie (c. 1190 – May 1260), married in Maastricht after May 19, 1214 Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, married July 1220 Count William I of Holland

2. Adelaide (b. c. 1190), married 1206 Arnulf, Count of Loos, married February 3, 1225 William X of Auvergne (c. 1195–1247), married before April 21, 1251 Arnold van Wesemaele (d. aft. 1288)
3. Margaret (1192–1231), married January 1206 Gerhard III, Count of Guelders (d. October 22, 1229)
4. Mathilde (c. 1200 – December 22, 1267), married in Aachen in 1212 Henry II, Count Palatine of the Rhine (d. 1214), married on December 6, 1214 Floris IV, Count of Holland
5. Henry II of Brabant (1207–1248), married firstly before 22 August 1215 Marie of Hohenstaufen; married secondly in 1240 Sophie of Thuringia
6. Godfrey (1209 – January 21, 1254), Lord of Gaesbeek, married Marie van Oudenaarde
Matilde died in 1210 or 1211. She was buried at St. Peter's in Leuven; her husband and their daughter, Marie were later laid to rest in the church.

After her death, Henry later married his second wife, Marie of France, daughter of Philip II of France. Henry and Marie had two daughters. All of Matilde's children lived to adulthood and subsequently married.


Matilda was also known as Maud of Boulogne, or Mathilde of Boulogne, or Mathilde of Flanders.


Matilde of Flanders (1170-1210) was a daughter of Marie I, Countess of Boulogne and her husband Matthew, Count of Boulogne. Matilde was Duchess of Brabant, by her marriage to Henry I, Duke of Brabant.

Contents [hide]

1 Family

2 Marriages and children

3 Ancestry

4 References

[edit] Family

Matilde's maternal grandparents were Stephen of England and his wife Matilda I, Countess of Boulogne. Her paternal grandparents were Thierry, Count of Flanders and Sibylla of Anjou. Matilde's elder sister was Ida, Countess of Boulogne.

Matilde's parents divorced the year she was born and her mother became a nun at St. Austrebert, Montreuil and died in 1182. Matilde's father, Matthew continued to reign as Count of Boulogne until his death in 1173, when Ida became Countess. Marie's lands in England went to her sister, another Matilda.

[edit] Marriages and children

When Matilde was only nine years old, she married Henry I, Duke of Brabant in 1179. The couple went on to have six children:

1.Marie (c. 1190 – May 1260), married in Maastricht after May 19, 1214 Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor, married July 1220 Count William I of Holland

2.Adelaide (b. c. 1190), married 1206 Arnulf, Count of Loos, married February 3, 1225 William X of Auvergne (c. 1195–1247), married before April 21, 1251 Arnold van Wesemaele (d. aft. 1288)

3.Margaret (1192–1231), married January 1206 Gerhard III, Count of Guelders (d. October 22, 1229)

4.Mathilde (c. 1200 – December 22, 1267), married in Aachen in 1212 Henry II, Count Palatine of the Rhine (d. 1214), married on December 6, 1214 Floris IV, Count of Holland

5.Henry II of Brabant (1207–1248), married firstly before 22 August 1215 Marie of Hohenstaufen; married secondly in 1240 Sophie of Thuringia

6.Godfrey (1209 – January 21, 1254), Lord of Gaesbeek, married Marie van Oudenaarde

Matilde died in 1210 or 1211. She was buried at St. Peter's in Leuven; her husband and their daughter, Marie were later laid to rest in the church.

After her death, Henry later married his second wife, Marie of France, daughter of Philip II of France. Henry and Marie had two daughters. All of Matilde's children lived to adulthood and subsequently married.[1] [2]

[edit] Ancestry

[show]v • d • eAncestors of Mathilde of Flanders

 16. Gerard, Duke of Lorraine 

8. Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine
17. Hedwig of Flanders
4. Thierry, Count of Flanders
18. Robert I, Count of Flanders
9. Gertrude of Flanders
19. Gertrude of Saxony
2. Matthew, Count of Boulogne
20. Fulk IV, Count of Anjou
10. Fulk of Jerusalem
21. Bertrade de Montfort
5. Sibylla of Anjou
22. Elias I of Maine
11. Ermengarde of Maine
23. Mathilda of Château-du-Loire
1. Matilde of Flanders
24. Theobald III, Count of Blois
12. Stephen II, Count of Blois
25. Garsinde of Maine
6. Stephen of England
26. William I of England
13. Adela of Normandy
27. Matilda of Flanders
3. Marie I, Countess of Boulogne
28. Eustace II, Count of Boulogne
14. Eustace III, Count of Boulogne
29. Ida of Lorraine
7. Matilda of Boulogne
30. Malcolm III of Scotland
15. Mary of Scotland
31. Saint Margaret of Scotland
[edit] References

1.^ Mathilde de Boulogne

2.^ Ancestors of Mathilde de Lorraine

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Categories: 1170 births | 1210 deaths | Medieval women | Duchesses of Brabant


Matthew of Alsace

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Their elder daughter was Ida, Countess of Boulogne. Their other daughter, Maud of Boulogne, married Henry I, Duke of Brabant.

Henry I, Duke of Brabant

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He married Mathilde of Boulogne (Mathilde of Flanders), daughter of Marie of Boulogne and Matthew of Alsace 1179. He had six children by his first marriage:

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Matilda of Boulogne, duchess of Brabant's Timeline

1163
1163
Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
1190
1190
Brabant, Belgium
1190
Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium
1194
1194
Brabant, Voeren, Flemish Region, Belgium
1197
1197
's-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
1198
1198
Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen, Belgium
1198
Brabant, Belgium
1207
January 25, 1207
Louvain (Leuven), Flemish Brabant, Belgium
1210
October 16, 1210
Age 47
Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium