Matilda of Brabant
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Matilda of Brabant (1224-September 29, 1288) was the eldest daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and his fist wife Marie of Hohenstaufen.
[edit] Marriages and children
On 14 June 1237, Matilda married her first husband Robert I of Artois. The bride was about thirteen years old and the groom twenty-one. Robert was the fifth son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. They had two children:
- Blanche of Artois (1248 - 2 May 1302). Married first Henry I of Navarre and secondly Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster.
- Robert II of Artois (1250 - 11 July 1302).
On 8 February 1250, Robert I was killed while participating in the Seventh Crusade. Sometime between 1250 and 1254, Matilda married her second husband Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol. He was a younger son of consorts and co-rulers Hugh I, Count of Blois and Mary, Countess of Blois. They had six children:
- Hugh II of Châtillon (d. 1307), Count of Saint Pol and later Count of Blois
- Guy III of Châtillon (d. 1317), Count of Saint Pol
- Jacques I of Leuze-Châtillon (d. 1302, Battle of the Golden Spurs), first of the lords of Leuze, married Catherine de Condé and had issue; his descendants brought Condé, Carency, etc. into the House of Bourbon.
- Beatrix (d. 1304), married John I of Brienne, Count of Eu
- Jeanne, married Guillaume III de Chauvigny, Lord of Châteauroux
- Gertrude, married Florent, Lord of Malines.
