Henri (Brabant) von Hessen (1244 - 1308)

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Died 21 Dec 1308 at age 64 in Marburg, Landgrafschaft Hessen, Heiliges Römisches Reich

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Biography

Heinrich I von Hessen byname 'das Kind' (b. 24 June 1244 - d. Marburg, 21 December 1308) was from 1263 the first Landgraf von Hessen. He belonged to the House of the Reiniers and after this was founder of the House of Hessen.

Son of hertog Hendrik II van Brabant and Sofia von Thüringen. In 1263 Heinrich married Adelheid van Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1244-1274), daughter of Herzog Otto 'das Kind'. After her death Heinrich in 1276 remarried Mechthild von Kleve.

After the death of Henry III, duke of Brabant, Heinrich vied for the guardianship of Brabant as uncle of the young children, but was thwarted by duchess Aleidis.^[1] In 1279 Heinrich, landgrave of Hesse renounced all his rights on the duchy of Brabant in favour of Jan I, witnessed by his sisters Mathilde, countess of Artois and Saint-Pol, and Beatrix, lady of Kortrijk, and his nephews Robert, count of Artois, Jan of Hainaut and Henrik, lord of Herstal.^[2]

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1. ↑ Jan van Heelu, Rymkronyk betreffende den slag van Woeringen van het jaer 1288. (ca. 1288-1294), In: Rymkronyk van Jan van Heelu betreffende den slag van Woeringen van het jaer 1288 (1836), http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/heel001jfwi01_01/heel001jfwi01_01_0011.php, p.8
2. ↑ A. Verkooren, Inventaire des chartes et cartulaires des duchés de Brabant et de Limbourg et des pays d'Outre-Meuse, Première partie: chartes originales et vidimées, Tome I, nr. 104.

See also:

• Wikipedia Hendrik I van Hessen