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St. Elisabeth of Hungary. Sophie of Thuringia (20 March 1224 – 29 May 1275) was the second wife and only Duchess consort of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lothier. She was the heiress of Hesse which she passed on to her son, Henry upon her retention of the territory following her partial victory in the War of the Thuringian Succession in which ...
Sophia of Thuringia (1224–1284)German duchess and founder of landgraviate of Hesse. Name variations: Sophie von Thuringen or Thüringen. Born on March 20, 1224; died on May 29, 1284 (some sources cite 1275); daughter of St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1207–1231) and Ludwig IV of Thuringia; niece of Henry Raspe IV of Thuringia; became second wife of Henry II (1207–1248), duke of Brabant (r.
Summarize this article for a 10 year old. Sophie of Thuringia (20 March 1224 – 29 May 1275) was the second wife and only Duchess consort of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lothier. She was the heiress of Hesse which she passed on to her son, Henry upon her retention of the territory following her partial victory in the War of the Thuringian ...
When Sophie von Thüringen Herzogin von Brabant was born on 20 March 1224, in Wartburgkreis, Thuringia, Germany, her father, Ludwig IV. 'der Heilige' Landgraf von Thüringen, was 23 and her mother, Landgräfin Elisabeth von Thüringen, was 16. She married Hendrik II 'de Edelmoedige' van Brabant in 1241.
Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant. Sophie of Thuringia (20 March 1224 – 29 May 1275) was the second wife and only Duchess consort of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lothier. She was the heiress of Hesse which she passed on to her son, Henry upon her retention of the territory following her partial victory in the War of the Thuringian ...
duchess, born 1224 in Europe, Germany, Thuringia, Eisenach and Wartburg, died 1275 in Marburg an der Lahn, Europe, Germany and Hesse
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Sophie was the founder of the Brabant dynasty of Hesse. Family Sophie was born in Wartburg Castle, near Eisenach in Thuringia, central Germany on 20 March 1224,[1] the eldest daughter and second child of Louis IV of Thuringia and St. Elisabeth of Hungary,[2] daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Merania.
