Marie DE BRABANT
- Born: Abt 1191, Brabant, Antwerp, Belgium
- Married (1): After 19 May 1214, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Married (2): Jul 1220
- Died: After 9 Mar 1260
- Buried: église collégiale de Saint Pierre, Louvain, Brabant, Belgium
 Research Notes:
The Oude Kronik van Brabant names "Mariam, conthoralem Ottonis Quartus Romanorum imperatoris, Aleydam comitssam Auernie, Margaretam comitissam Gerardi comitis Ghelrie et Mechteldim, primo quidem comitissam Palatinam Rheni, postea…comitissam Hollandie" as the daughters of "Henricus…primus, dux Lotharingie" and his wife "Mechteldim, filiam Mathei Boloniensis comitis". The Gesta Abbatem Trudonensium records that "Henricus dux Brabancie…filiam suam Ottoni in uxorem dare promisit". The Chronicæ Regiæ Coloniensis record the marriage in 1214 of "Otto imperator" and "filiam ducis Brabantie". The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ names "Maria imperatrix Romanorum" as the eldest of the four daughters of "Henricus dux" and his wife Mathilde. The Chronologia Johannes de Beke records that Count Willem married secondly "Mariam", but does not state her origin.
The Oude Kronik van Brabant records that Marie was buried "Lovanii…in ecclesia Sancti Petri" with her husband. 1
Marriage Information:
Marie married Otto IV VON BRAUNSCHWEIG, Duke of Swabia, Emperor of Germany, son of Heinrich V "der Löwe" VON SACHSEN, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria, and Matilda (Maud) PLANTAGENET, Princess of England, after 19 May 1214 in Maastricht, Netherlands. (Otto IV VON BRAUNSCHWEIG was born in 1176/7 in Normandy, France and died on 19 May 1218 in Harzburg, Goslar, Niedersachsen.)
Marriage Information:
Marie also married Willem I GERULFING, Count of Holland, son of Floris III GERULFING, Count of Holland, and Ada DE HUNTINGDON, in Jul 1220. (Willem I GERULFING was born in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands and died on 4 Feb 1222.)
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