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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 .
After marrying her cousin, John IV, duke of Brabant, in March 1418, Jacoba fought against John of Bavaria in Holland. Her uncle John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy, settled the dispute in 1419, but John of Bavaria gained control of Holland and Zeeland the following year, when the counties….
John tried to use this opportunity to take over full control over Brabant; Sigismund however, vigorously opposed this move. The States of Brabant were able to use the stalemate and made the young John the new duke under their supervision.
John IV, Duke of Brabant (11 June 1403 – 17 April 1427) [1] 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 .
Mar 4, 2022 · The Rule of three Johns. Brabant was ruled by a bunch of Johns (in Dutch Jan). John I had taken over from his ‘infirm of body and mind’ brother, Henry IV in the 1260s. In the 1280s he had gone on campaign and managed to win control of Limburg.
Overview. John IV, duke of Brabant. (1415—1427) Quick Reference. (1415–27) In 1418 he was married to Jacqueline, countess of Holland, Hainaut, Zeeland, and Frisia, on the instigation of their mutual uncle, John ‘the Fearless’ of Burgundy. John IV was ... From: John IV , duke of Brabant in The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages »
An account of the causes, combatants and course of events in the successive conflicts which troubled the duchy for half a century. The medieval duchy of Brabant was one of the most powerful principalities of the Low Countries.
