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Dec 16, 2022 · John I of Brabant, also called John the Victorious (Leuven 1252/1253 – May 3, 1294 in Leuven) was Duke of Brabant (1267–1294), Lothier and Limburg (1288–1294). He was the son of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Aleidis of Burgundy, daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy.
- "John the Victorious"
- Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium
- April 03, 1253
- Duchy of Brabant – 1190
- Duke of Brabant Henry I
- Duke of Brabant Henry II
- Duke of Brabant Henry III
- Duke of Brabant Jan I The Victorious
- The Battle of Woeringen – June 5, 1288
- Duke of Brabant Jan II, The Peaceful
- Duke of Brabant Jan III, The Triumphant
- De Blijde Inkomst
- Duke Wenceslaus of Brabant
While this title Duke of Brabant was granted to Godfrey III of Leuven (Godfrey VII of Lower Lotharingia), it was his son Henry who was the first one to use the new title. See: Counts of Leuven. By now it boarders of Brabant had become more defined. It was now well and truly situated to the south-east of the county of Flanders, west of the county of...
As the first Duke of Brabant, Henry I successfully expanded his territory between the rivers the Scheldt and the Rhine, he also extended the territories in northern Brabant, forcing the Counts of Gelre and Holland to retreat into their own territories. In order to consolidate his power he used local strongmen in exchange for his protection. However...
Henry II had great influence in the affairs of the Duchy of Gelre and the County of Holland, during the time that their rules were underage. William II of Holland – his nephew – the son of Henry’s sister Mathilde and Otto II of Guelre was the son of his sister Margaret. He refused the title of King of German in favour of his nephew William II. Unde...
The disputed territory of Lothier, the former Duchy of Lower Lotharingia, was assigned to him by the German King Alfonso X of Castile. Alfonso also appointed him Imperial Vicar to advance his claims on the Holy Roman Empire. Following his father’s example he provided special privileges to his subject, two day before his death, to appease them in ac...
At the age of 23 he went – in 1276 – with his brother Godfrey on crusade to Spain to fight the Muslims. Throughout his life he maintained his combative personality not just in wars but also during tournaments. For this he travelled to Holland, France and even England. He became the legend of these events. During a tournament in Windsor in 1280 he d...
This conflict is in essence one between Brabant and Gelre. Gelre had been increasing their powers by taking control over the Betuwe, the Veluwe and the County of Zutphen. This brought them in conflict with the Dukes of Brabant. After, in 1282, duke Waleran IV of Limburg died, the duchy of Limburg was inherited by his daughter Irmgard, who was marri...
Jan was sent to live in England in 1284, when he was eight or nine. His father was a long-time ally of Edward I of England, and the younger Jan’s marriage to Edward’s third daughter Margaret was planned in the late 1270s, when both children were toddlers. Margaret was born on 15 March 1275, so was a few months older than her husband. He married her...
Jan III was born sometime in 1300 as the only child of Jan II and Margaret. He succeeded his father at the age of twelve. In 1311, he married Marie d’Évreux, who was born in 1303. Marie was the eldest daughter of Louis, Count d’Évreux, who was the half-brother of the French King Philip IV and the son of Marie of Brabant, sister of Duke Jan I – whic...
In order to prevent the collapse of the Duchy of Brabant the ‘Joyous Entry’ charter was negotiated with the cities. This would secure a harmonious and peaceful entry of the Duchess of Brabant into the city of Brussels. The document is dated 3 January 1356. The charter was not completely new, but followed an old custom in Brabant of “landcharters”, ...
Johanna being the eldest became the heir to the duchy after the death of her father in December 1355. Her first marriage to Willem II, Count of Holland and Hainault – brother of Philippa of Hainault, wife of Edward III – ended childless after his death in 1345 at the battle of Stavoren. This ended the hopes for a personal union between Brabant and ...
The Duchy of Brabant, a state of the Holy Roman Empire, was established in 1183. It developed from the Landgraviate of Brabant of 1085–1183, and formed the heart of the historic Low Countries . The Duchy comprised part of the Burgundian Netherlands from 1430 and of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1482, until it was partitioned after the Dutch ...
John IV, Duke of Brabant (11 June 1403 – 17 April 1427) was the son of Antoine of Burgundy, Duke of Brabant, Lothier and Limburg and his first wife Jeanne of Saint-Pol. He was the second Brabantian ruler from the House of Valois. He is best known for founding the University of Louvain (Leuven) in 1425.
John III (Dutch: Jan; 1300 – 5 December 1355) was Duke of Brabant, Lothier (1312–1355) and Limburg (1312–1347 then 1349–1355). Biography [ edit ] John was the son of John II, Duke of Brabant , and Margaret of England . [1]
history of Low Countries. In history of the Low Countries: Town opposition to the prince. …during the 13th century, while John I, Duke of Brabant, sought expansion toward the Rhine valley, which offered protection for the growing trade that moved from Cologne overland through Brabant.
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2 days ago · John I, the Victorious (brother; duke of Limburg 1288) 1294–1312. John II (son) 1312–1355. John III (son) 1355–1383. Wenceslas (duke of Luxemburg) 1355–1404. Joan (daughter of John III; married Wenceslas; abdicated, died 1406) 1406–1415. Anthony (son of Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy; maternal grandson of Margaret, sister of Joan; regent 1404–6)
