Matilda, daughter of Matthew of Flanders

Events

Date of Birth: 1170.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 16 October 1210.

Place of Death: Leuven.

The date and place are given by Cawley. The date is given by Weller (p. 502).

Place of Burial: Leuven, St. Peter’s Church.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Matthew of Flanders.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:722), by Weller (p. 494), and by van Eickels.

Mother: Marie of Blois, countess of Boulogne.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:722), by Weller (p. 494), and by van Eickels.

Spouse: Henry I “the Courageous”, duke of Brabant.

This relationship is given by Wauters, by Neu, by Weller (p. 494), and by van Eickels.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Marie (about 1191 - 1260) married Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor; married (2) William I, count of Holland.

Marguerite (died 1231) married Gerard III, count of Guelders.

Aleidis married (1) Arnaud III, count of Looz, count of Rieneck; married (2) William (X), count of Auvergne; married (3) Arnold (III), lord of Wesemaal.

Matilda (died 22 December 1267) married (1) Henry II, count palatine of the Rhine; married (2) Floris IV, count of Holland.

Henry II (1207 - 1 February 1248), duke of Brabant, married (1) Maria of Swabia; married (2) Sophia of Thuringia.

Godfrey (1209 - 22 January 1254) married Marie van Oudenaarde.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Cawley, Charles. “MATHILDE de Flandre” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Eickels, Karl van. Flandern genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

Neu, Heinrich “Heinrich I. Herzog von Brabant” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 8 (1969), S. 346-348 [Onlinefassung].

Wauters, Alphonse. “Henri I” in Biographie Nationale de Belgique Volume 9 (Bruxelles:1886-1887). pp.106 - 123

Weller, Tobias. Die Heiratspolitik des deutschen Hochadels im 12. Jahrhundert. (2004: Böhlau Verlag).