Margaret of Brabant [SEP] father
Margaret of Brabant
Margaret of Brabant (4 October 1276 – 14 December 1311), was the daughter of John I, Duke of Brabant and Margaret of Flanders. She was the wife of Count Henry of Luxemburg and after his election as King of Germany in 1308, she became Queen of Germany.
Marriage.
She was married to Henry on 9 July 1292 which was arranged to settle a long-standing dispute with the Duke of Brabant over the Duchy of Limburg, with the duke abandoning his claim to
Roosebeke. The citizens of Ghent continued to resist (with English aid) until after his death in 1384. His mother Margaret had died two years previously, leaving him the County of Artois and the Imperial Free County of Burgundy ("Franche-Comté").
Family.
In 1347, he married Margaret of Brabant (1323–1380), daughter of John III, Duke of Brabant. They had three children:
- Peter (died young)
- Charles (predeceased his father)
- Margaret III