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John IV, Duke of Brabant (Atrecht June 11, 1403 – April 17, 1427, Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
) 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
Battle of Agincourt

The Battle of Agincourt was an English victory against a much larger French army in the Hundred Years' War. The battle occurred on Friday 25 October 1415 ...
.

In 1418, he married Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut
Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut

Jacqueline of Wittelsbach was Duchess of Bavaria-Straubing, Count of Hainaut and Count of Holland from 1417 to 1432.She was the only daughter of William VI, Count of Holland from his marriage with Margaret of Burgundy, daughter of Margaret III of Flanders and Philip the Bold....
, who saw in him a protector against the claims of her uncle John III. However, the marriage proved unhappy.

Jacqueline fled John in 1420, and the Estates of Brabant declared his brother Philip of St.






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John IV, Duke of Brabant (Atrecht June 11, 1403 – April 17, 1427, Brussels
Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....
) 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
Battle of Agincourt

The Battle of Agincourt was an English victory against a much larger French army in the Hundred Years' War. The battle occurred on Friday 25 October 1415 ...
.

In 1418, he married Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut
Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut

Jacqueline of Wittelsbach was Duchess of Bavaria-Straubing, Count of Hainaut and Count of Holland from 1417 to 1432.She was the only daughter of William VI, Count of Holland from his marriage with Margaret of Burgundy, daughter of Margaret III of Flanders and Philip the Bold....
, who saw in him a protector against the claims of her uncle John III. However, the marriage proved unhappy.

Jacqueline fled John in 1420, and the Estates of Brabant declared his brother Philip of St. Pol the ruwaard (regent). However, he returned and regainted the regency in 1421, and his expansion of city privileges (the "Nieuw Regiment") in 1422 undermined the support of Jacqueline. and he now joined the party of the Cods to make war upon his quondam wife.

This second resurgence of the Hook and Cod wars
Hook and Cod wars

The Hook and Cod wars comprise a series of wars and battles in Holland between 1350 and 1490. Most of these wars were fought over the title of count of Holland, but some have argued that the underlying reason was because of the power struggle of the bourgeois in the cities against the ruling nobility....
 pitted Jacqueline, her third husband Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester

Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester , "son, brother and uncle of kings", was the fourth and youngest son of King Henry IV of England by his first wife, Mary de Bohun....
, and the party of the Hooks, against the Cods, represented by a coalition of John IV, his cousin Philip the Good, and John III of Hainaut. The death of John III in 1425 allowed John IV to make good his claims to Jacqueline's territories (she being then a prisoner in Burgundian hands in Ghent
Ghent

Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region, Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys River and became in the Middle Ages one of the largest and richest cities of northern Europe....
), but the real power and the title of ruwaard went to Duke Philip. At his death, he was succeeded by his brother Philip.

In 1425, he founded the Catholic University of Leuven
Catholic University of Leuven

The Catholic University of Leuven, or Louvain, was the largest, oldest and most prominent university in Belgium. It was founded in 1425 by Pope Martin V, and refounded in 1835 after the disruptions of the French Revolutionary Wars....
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