Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois
Flemish noblewoman
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Matilda of Brabant (14 June 1224 – 29 September 1288) was the eldest daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and his first wife Marie of Hohenstaufen.[1]
Born14 June 1224
Died29 September 1288 (aged 64)
Matilda of Brabant | |
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| Countess of Artois Countess of Saint-Pol | |
 Medallion of Matilda of Brabant | |
| Born | 14 June 1224 |
| Died | 29 September 1288 (aged 64) |
| Noble family | Reginar |
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| Father | Henry II, Duke of Brabant |
| Mother | Marie of Hohenstaufen |
Marriages and issue
On 14 June 1237, which was her 13th birthday, Matilda married her first husband Robert I of Artois.[2] Robert was the son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile.[3] They had:
- Blanche of Artois (1248 – 2 May 1302). Married first Henry I of Navarre and secondly Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster.[4]
- Robert II, Count of Artois (1250 – 11 July 1302 at the Battle of the Golden Spurs).[1]
On 8 February 1250, Robert I was killed while participating in the Seventh Crusade.[5] On 16 January 1255, Matilda married her second husband Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol.[6] He was a younger son of Hugh I, Count of Blois and Mary, Countess of Blois.[6] They had:
- Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol (1254 - 1317), Count of Saint Pol
- Hugh II, Count of Blois (1258 - 1307), Count of Saint Pol and later Count of Blois[6]
- Jacques I of Leuze-Châtillon (died 11 July 1302 at the 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 (died 1304), married John I of Brienne, Count of Eu[6]
- Jeanne, married Guillaume III de Chauvigny, Lord of Châteauroux
- Gertrude, married Florent, Lord of Mechelen (French: Malines).