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The Duchy of Brabant
Duchy of Brabant

The Duchy of Brabant was a historical region in the Low Countries. It consisted of not only the three modern-day Belgium provinces of Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant and Antwerp as well as the Brussels-Capital Region, but also the present-day Netherlands province of North Brabant....
 was formally erected in 1183/1184. The title "Duke of Brabant" was created by the German Emperor Frederick Barbarossa
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick I Barbarossa was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt am Main on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March, crowned King of Italy in Pavia in 1154, and finally crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Adrian IV on 18 June 1155....
 in favor of Henry I
Henry I, Duke of Brabant

Henry I of Brabant , named "The Courageous", was born in 1165 in Leuven and died in the German city of Cologne on September 5, 1235. He became Duke of Brabant in 1183/1184 and succeeded his father as Duke of Lower Lotharingia in 1190....
, son of Godfrey III of Leuven
Godfrey III of Leuven

Godfrey III was count of Leuven , Duke of Brabant, margrave of Antwerp, and duke of Lower Lorraine from 1142 to his death.He was the son of Godfrey II of Leuven and Lutgarde of Sulzbach....
 (who was Duke of Lower Lotharingia at that time). The Duchy of Brabant was a feudal elevation of the since 1085/1086 existing title of Landgrave
Landgrave

Landgrave was a title only used in the Holy Roman Empire and later on by its former territories. The title refers to a count who had feudal duty directly to the Holy Roman Emperor....
 of Brabant. This was an Imperial fief which was assigned to Count Henry III of Leuven
Henry III of Leuven

Henry III of Leuven was count of Leuven from 1078 to 1095.He was allied by marriage to most of the nearby lords: he was brother in law of Baldwin II of Hainaut, and son-in-law of Robert I of Flanders....
 shortly after the death of the preceding Count of Brabant, Count Palatine Herman II of Lotharingia († September 20, 1085).






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The Duchy of Brabant
Duchy of Brabant

The Duchy of Brabant was a historical region in the Low Countries. It consisted of not only the three modern-day Belgium provinces of Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant and Antwerp as well as the Brussels-Capital Region, but also the present-day Netherlands province of North Brabant....
 was formally erected in 1183/1184. The title "Duke of Brabant" was created by the German Emperor Frederick Barbarossa
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick I Barbarossa was elected King of Germany at Frankfurt am Main on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March, crowned King of Italy in Pavia in 1154, and finally crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Adrian IV on 18 June 1155....
 in favor of Henry I
Henry I, Duke of Brabant

Henry I of Brabant , named "The Courageous", was born in 1165 in Leuven and died in the German city of Cologne on September 5, 1235. He became Duke of Brabant in 1183/1184 and succeeded his father as Duke of Lower Lotharingia in 1190....
, son of Godfrey III of Leuven
Godfrey III of Leuven

Godfrey III was count of Leuven , Duke of Brabant, margrave of Antwerp, and duke of Lower Lorraine from 1142 to his death.He was the son of Godfrey II of Leuven and Lutgarde of Sulzbach....
 (who was Duke of Lower Lotharingia at that time). The Duchy of Brabant was a feudal elevation of the since 1085/1086 existing title of Landgrave
Landgrave

Landgrave was a title only used in the Holy Roman Empire and later on by its former territories. The title refers to a count who had feudal duty directly to the Holy Roman Emperor....
 of Brabant. This was an Imperial fief which was assigned to Count Henry III of Leuven
Henry III of Leuven

Henry III of Leuven was count of Leuven from 1078 to 1095.He was allied by marriage to most of the nearby lords: he was brother in law of Baldwin II of Hainaut, and son-in-law of Robert I of Flanders....
 shortly after the death of the preceding Count of Brabant, Count Palatine Herman II of Lotharingia († September 20, 1085). Although the corresponding county was quite small (limited to the territory between the rivers Senne
Senné

Senn? is a village and municipality in the Velk? Krt? District of the Bansk? Bystrica Region of southern Slovakia....
 and Dender
Dender

The Dendre or Dender is a 65 km long river in Belgium, right tributary of the river Scheldt. The confluence of both rivers is in the Belgian town Dendermonde....
) its name was applied to the entire country under control of the Dukes from the 13th century on. In 1190, after the death of Godfrey III, Henry I also became Duke of Lotharingia. Formerly Lower Lotharingia, this title was now practically without territorial authority, but was borne by the later Dukes of Brabant as an honorific title.

In 1288, the Dukes of Brabant became also Duke of Limburg
Duchy of Limburg

The Duchy of Limburg was a historical region in the Low Countries. It consisted of parts of the present Belgium provinces Li?ge and Limburg , the Netherlands province of Limburg , and a small part of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany ....
. The title fell to the Dukes of Burgundy
Duke of Burgundy

Duke of Burgundy was a title borne by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, a small portion of traditional lands of Burgundians west of river Sa?ne which in 843 was allotted to Charles the Bald's West Franks....
 in 1430. Later on, it followed with the Burgundian inheritance until the French Revolution
French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and social upheaval and radical change in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudalism for the aristocracy and Roman Catholic Church clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on Age of Enlightenment principles of cit...
, although the northern part of the territory of Brabant was actually governed by the United Provinces
Dutch Republic

The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands was a European republic between 1581 and 1795, in about the same location as the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands, which is the successor state....
 during the 17th and 18th century (see Generality Lands
Generality Lands

The Generality Lands, Lands of the Generality or Common Lands were about one fifth of the territories of the Dutch Republic of the Netherlands, that were directly governed by the Estates-General of the Netherlands....
).

House of Leuven


Counts of Leuven
Counts of Leuven

The counts of Leuven and counts of Brussels were originally petty barons of the central region of Belgium.They acquired great influence in the Holy Roman Empire and acquired more titles over time....
, Counts of Brussels and Landgraves of Brabant:

  • Henry III
    Henry III of Leuven

    Henry III of Leuven was count of Leuven from 1078 to 1095.He was allied by marriage to most of the nearby lords: he was brother in law of Baldwin II of Hainaut, and son-in-law of Robert I of Flanders....
     (1085/1086–1095); already Count of Leuven
    Counts of Leuven

    The counts of Leuven and counts of Brussels were originally petty barons of the central region of Belgium.They acquired great influence in the Holy Roman Empire and acquired more titles over time....
     and Brussels from 1078.
  • Godfrey I
    Godfrey I of Leuven

    Godfrey I , called the Bearded, the Courageous, or the Great, was the Duke of Brabant, and count of Brussels and Leuven from 1095 to his death and duke of Lower Lorraine from 1106 to 1129....
     (from 1095)


Counts of Leuven
Counts of Leuven

The counts of Leuven and counts of Brussels were originally petty barons of the central region of Belgium.They acquired great influence in the Holy Roman Empire and acquired more titles over time....
, Counts of Brussels, Landgraves of Brabant and Dukes of Lower-Lorraine:

  • Godfrey I
    Godfrey I of Leuven

    Godfrey I , called the Bearded, the Courageous, or the Great, was the Duke of Brabant, and count of Brussels and Leuven from 1095 to his death and duke of Lower Lorraine from 1106 to 1129....
     (1106–1139) appointed as Duke in 1106
  • Godfrey II
    Godfrey II of Leuven

    Godfrey II was the count of Leuven, Duke of Brabant by inheritance from 23 January 1139. He was the son of Godfrey I of Leuven and Ida of Chiny....
     (1139–1142)
  • Godfrey III
    Godfrey III of Leuven

    Godfrey III was count of Leuven , Duke of Brabant, margrave of Antwerp, and duke of Lower Lorraine from 1142 to his death.He was the son of Godfrey II of Leuven and Lutgarde of Sulzbach....
     (1142–1183)
  • Henry I
    Henry I, Duke of Brabant

    Henry I of Brabant , named "The Courageous", was born in 1165 in Leuven and died in the German city of Cologne on September 5, 1235. He became Duke of Brabant in 1183/1184 and succeeded his father as Duke of Lower Lotharingia in 1190....
     (1183-1190)


Dukes of Brabant and Dukes of Lothier:
  • Henry I
    Henry I, Duke of Brabant

    Henry I of Brabant , named "The Courageous", was born in 1165 in Leuven and died in the German city of Cologne on September 5, 1235. He became Duke of Brabant in 1183/1184 and succeeded his father as Duke of Lower Lotharingia in 1190....
     (1190–1235)
  • Henry II
    Henry II, Duke of Brabant

    Henry II of Brabant was Duke of Brabant and Duke of Lothier after the death of his father Henry I, Duke of Brabant in 1235.Henry II supported his sister Mathilde's son, William, King of the Romans, in the latter's bid for election as German King....
     (1235–1248)
  • Henry III
    Henry III, Duke of Brabant

    Henry III of Brabant was Duke of Brabant between 1248 and his death. He was the son of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen.The disputed territory of Lothier, the former Duchy of Lower Lorraine, was assigned to him by the German King Alfonso X of Castile....
     (1248–1261)
  • Henry IV
    Henry IV, Duke of Brabant

    Henry IV of Brabant was Duke of Brabant from 1261 to 1267.He was the eldest son of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Adelaide of Burgundy, daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy....
     (1261–1267)


Dukes of Brabant, Dukes of Lothier and Dukes of Limburg:
  • John I
    John I, Duke of Brabant

    John I of Brabant, also called John the Victorious was Duke of Brabant , Duke of Lothier and Duchy of Limburg .He was the son of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Aleidis of Burgundy, daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy....
     (1267–1294)
  • John II
    John II, Duke of Brabant

    John II van Brabant , also called John the Peaceful, was Duke of Brabant, Duke of Lothier and Duchy of Limburg . He was the son of John I, Duke of Brabant and Margaretha of Flanders, daughter of Guy of Dampierre....
     (1294–1312)
  • John III
    John III, Duke of Brabant

    Jan III van Brabant , also called John III, the Triumphant , was Duke of Brabant, Duke of Lothier, and Duke of Limburg . He was the son of John II, Duke of Brabant and his wife Margaret Plantagenet, daughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile....
     (1312–1355)
  • Joanna
    Joanna, Duchess of Brabant

    Joanna, Duchess of Brabant , was the heiress of John III, Duke of Brabant, who died in Brussels, December 5, 1355. The famous document, the foundation of the rule of law in Duchy of Brabant called the Blijde Inkomst , was arrived at in January 1355/6, in order to assure Joanna and her consort Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg peacable ent...
     (1355–1406)


House of Burgundy
Valois

Valois is a district, in the city of Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada. It was once a separate village, many years ago, but was then merged with Pointe-Claire....
 


Dukes of Brabant, Dukes of Lothier and Dukes of Limburg:

  • Anthony
    Anthony, Duke of Brabant

    Antoine of Burgundy , was Duke of Brabant. Anthony was the son of Philip II, Duke of Burgundy and Margaret III of Flanders, and brother of John the Fearless....
     (1406–1415)
  • John IV
    John IV, Duke of Brabant

    John IV, Duke of Brabant was the son of Antoine, Duke of Brabant and Jeanne de St. Pol. He succeeded his father in 1415, after his death at the Battle of Agincourt....
     (1415–1427)
  • Philip I of St. Pol (1427–1430)
  • Philip II the Good
    Philip III, Duke of Burgundy

    Philip the Good , also Philip III, Duke of Burgundy was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. He was a member of a cadet branch of the Valois dynasty ....
     (1430–1467)
  • Charles II the Bold (1467–1477)
  • Mary I the Rich
    Mary of Burgundy

    Mary, called Mary the Rich , was suo jure Duke of Burgundy from 1477 – 1482. As the only child of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and his wife Isabella of Bourbon, she was the heiress to the vast Burgundian domains in France and the Low Countries upon her father's death in the Battle of Nancy on 5 January 1477....
     (1477–1482)


House of Habsburg
Habsburg

The House of Habsburg was an important royal house of Europe and is best known as supplying all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1452 and 1740, as well as rulers of Spanish Empire and the Austrian Empire....
 


  • Maximilian
    Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

    Maximilian I of Habsburg was Holy Roman Empire from 1508 until his death, but had ruled jointly with his father for the last ten years of his reign, from circa 1483....
     (regent, 1482–1494)
  • Philip III the Handsome
    Philip I of Castile

    Philip I , known as the Handsome or the Fair, was the son of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. Through his mother Mary of Burgundy he inherited the greater part of the Duchy of Burgundy and the Burgundian Netherlands and through his wife Juana of Castile he briefly succeeded to the Kingdom of Castile....
     (1494–1506)
  • Charles II
    Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

    Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556....
     (1506–1555)
  • Philip IV
    Philip II of Spain

    Philip II was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598, List of monarchs of Naples from 1554 until 1598, king consort of England, as husband of Mary I of England, from 1554 to 1558, lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories, such as Duke or Count; and King of Portugal as Philip I...
     (1555–1598)
  • Francis I
    François, Duke of Anjou

    Hercule Fran?ois, Duke of Anjou and Counts and dukes of Alen?on, often simply referred to as "the Duke of Alen?on", was the youngest son of Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici....
     (Valois) (1582–1584)
  • Archdukes Albert
    Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

    Albert VII, Archduke of Austria was, together with his wife Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, the daughter of Philip II of Spain, co-sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands between 1598 and 1621, ruling the Habsburg territories in the southern Low Countries and the north of modern France....
     and Isabella
    Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain

    Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, was, together with her husband Albert VII, Archduke of Austria joint sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands in the Low Countries and the north of modern France....
     (1598-1621)
  • Philip V
    Philip IV of Spain

    Philip IV , was List of Spanish monarchs between 1621 and 1665, Sovereignty of the Spanish Netherlands, and List of Portuguese monarchs until 1640....
     (1621-1665)
  • Charles III
    Charles II of Spain

    Charles II , was the last Habsburg Spain of Spain and the ruler of nearly all of Italy , the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spanish empire, stretching from Mexico to the Philippines....
     (1665-1700)
  • Philip VI
    Philip V of Spain

    Philip V of Spain , born Philippe de France, fils de France and Counts and Dukes of Anjou, was king of Spain from 1700 to 1724 and 1724 to 1746, the first of the House of Bourbon dynasty in Spain....
     (1700-1706)
  • Charles IV
    Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

    Charles VI was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary from 1711 to 1740, Archduke of Austria. From 1703 to 1711 he was an active claimant to the List of Spanish monarchs as Charles III....
     (1706-1740)
  • Mary II Theresa
    Maria Theresa of Austria

    Maria Theresa was the List of rulers of Austria, List of rulers of Hungary, List of rulers of Croatia, Queen of Bohemia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany and a Holy Roman Emperor by marriage to Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor....
     (1740-1780)
  • Joseph
    Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

    Joseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy from 1780 to 1790. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor....
     (1780-1789)
  • Leopold
    Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

    Leopold II , born Peter Leopold Joseph Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792, King of Hungary, archduke of Austria, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790....
     (1790-1792)
  • Francis II
    Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

    Francis II was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Holy Roman Empire after the disastrous defeat of the Third Coalition by Napoleon I of France at the Battle of Austerlitz....
     (1792-1794)


Revived title in contemporary tradition


House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha served as the name of the two German duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha in Germany, in the present-day states of Bavaria and Thuringia, which were in personal union between 1826 and 1918....
 


In the modern Kingdom of Belgium, the title of "Duke of Brabant" revived as honorific title and is traditionally assigned to the Crown Prince (even though the province of Noord-Brabant, part of the historical duchy, is now part of the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
).

  • Leopold (II)
    Leopold II of Belgium

    Leopold II was King of the Belgians. Born in Brussels the second son of Leopold I of Belgium, he succeeded his father to the throne in 1865 and remained king until his death....
     (1840–1865)
  • Leopold
    Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant

    Prince Leopold of Belgium, Duke of Brabant , was the second child and only son and heir of Leopold II of Belgium and his wife, Marie Henriette of Austria....
    , son of Leopold II (1865–1869)
  • Leopold (III)
    Leopold III of Belgium

    Leopold III reigned as King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicated in favour of the Heir Apparent, his son Baudouin I of Belgium....
     (1909–1934)
  • Baudouin
    Baudouin of Belgium

    Baudouin of Belgium reigned as King of the Belgians from 1951 to 1993. He was the eldest son of Leopold III of Belgium and his first wife, Princess Astrid of Sweden ....
     (1934–1951)
  • Philippe (1993–present )


It is unknown whether the presumed Crown Princess, Elisabeth
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium

Princess Elisabeth of Belgium is the eldest daughter of Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, the heir apparent to the throne of Belgium, and his wife Princess Mathilde....
, will be styled Duchess of Brabant or not.

House of Bourbon
House of Bourbon

The House of Bourbon is an important European royal house, a branch of the Capetian dynasty. Bourbon kings first ruled Kingdom of Navarre and France in the 16th century....
 


  • Juan Carlos I
    Juan Carlos I of Spain

    Juan Carlos I is the reigning List of Spanish monarchs of Spain. His name, while rarely Anglicisation, is rendered as John Charles Alphonse Victor Mary of Bourbon and Bourbon-Two Sicilies....
    , King of Spain
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....


The title Duke of Brabant is one of the titles of the Spanish Crown
List of titles and honours of the Spanish Crown

The current Spanish constitution refers to the monarchy as "the crown of Spain" and the constitutional title of the monarch is simply rey/reina de Espa?a: that is, "king/queen of Spain"....
.

See also

  • Graven van Leuven en hertogen van Brabant (in Dutch)
  • Dukes of Brabant family tree
    Dukes of Brabant family tree

    This is a family tree of the Duke of Brabant from 1139 up to 1430. Godfrey I of Leuven, count of Leuven, became Duke of Lower Lotharingia in 1106....


Source



External links

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