Jean de Brabant I

• Preferred Name: Jean de Brabant I^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}
  
• Alternate Name: Jean of Brabant, Duke of Brabant I
  
• Alternate Name: John Duke of Brabant I
  
• Alternate Name: John of Brabant Duke of Brabant I
  
• Alternate Name: Jean de Brabant I
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 3 MAY 1294 in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, Lotharingen, Frankrijk at LATI: N8.75 LONG: E0.1667
  
• Birth: 3 APR 1252 in Leuven, Brabant, Belgium at LATI: N0.8793 LONG: E0.7021
  
• Burial: in Église des Cordeliers, Bruxelles, Belgium at LATI: N0.848 LONG: E0.351
  
• Burial: MAY 1294 in Brussels, Brabant, Belgium at LATI: N0.848 LONG: E0.351
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Duke of Brabant, Lothier and Limburg
  
• FSID: LYQX-YSD
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  ***HE MARRIED TWO DIFFERENT MARGARETS-PLEASE DO NOT MERGE THEM OR THEIR CHILDREN***
  
  John I, Duke of Brabant was married twice. On 5 September 1270, he married Margaret, daughter of Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence.[3] They had a son, but both mother and child died shortly after his birth. In 1273, he married Margaret (d. 3 July 1285), daughter of Guy, Count of Flanders.
  
  John I of Brabant, also called John the Victorious (1252/1253-3 May 1294) was Duke of Brabant (1267-1294), Lothier and Limburg (1288-1294). During the 13th century, John I was venerated as a folk hero. He has been painted as the perfect model of a brave, adventurous and chivalrous feudal prince.
  
  Life
  Born in Leuven, he was the son of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Aleidis of Burgundy, daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy. He was also an older brother of Maria of Brabant, Queen consort of Philip III of France. In 1267 his older brother Henry IV, Duke of Brabant, being mentally deficient, was deposed in his favour.
  
  John's greatest military victory was the Battle of Worringen 1288, by which John I came to reign over the Duchy of Limburg. He was completely outnumbered in forces but led the successful invasion into the Rhineland to defeat the confederacy. In 1288 Limburg was formally attached to Brabant.
  
  John I was said to be a model of feudal prince: brave, adventurous; excelling in every form of active exercise, fond of display, and generous in temper. He was considered one of the most gifted princes of his time. This made him very popular in Middle Ages poetry and literature. Even today there exists an ode to him, so well known that it was a potential candidate to be the North Brabant anthem. John I delighted in tournaments and was always eager to take part in jousts. He was also famous for his many illegitimate children.
  
  On 3 May 1294 at some marriage festivities at Bar-le-Duc, John I was mortally wounded in the arm in an encounter by Pierre de Bausner. He was buried in the church of the Order of Friars Minor (Minderbroederskerk) in Brussels, but since the Protestant iconoclasm (Beeldenstorm) in 1566, nothing remains of his tomb.
  
  Family and children
  He was married twice. On 5 September 1270, he married Margaret, daughter of Louis IX of France and Margaret of Provence. They had a son, but both mother and child died shortly after his birth.
  
  In 1273, he married Margaret (d. 3 July 1285), daughter of Guy, Count of Flanders and had the following children:
  
  1.) Godfrey (1273/74-aft. 13 September 1283).
  
  2.) John II of Brabant (1275-1312).
  
  3.) Margaret (4 October 1276-14 December 1311, Genoa), married 9 July 1292 to Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
  
  4.) Marie (d. after 2 December 1338), married to Count Amadeus V of Savoy.
  
  John I had several illegitimate children:
  1.) Gillis van der Balcht
  
  2.) Jean Meuwe, Seigneur of Wavre and Dongelberg.
  
  3.) Margareta of Tervuren, she was married on 2 March 1292 to Jean de Rode de Lantwyck
  
  4.) Jan Pylyser (1272-1342)
  
  5.) Jan van der Plasch
  
  Legacy
  The duke is remembered in the folkish song Harbalorifa that remains popular. The popular Dutch beer Hertog Jan was named after the duke. Also the beer Primus of the Haacht Brewery is named after John I (Jan Primus)
  
  Jean Ier de Brabant (1253-1294)
  Jean Ier de Brabant, dit le Victorieux, né à Louvain en 1253, mort à Bar-le-Duc le 3 mai 1294, fut duc de Brabant de 1267 à 1294 et duc de Limbourg de 1288 à 1294. Il était fils d'Henri III, duc de Br
  
  Jean Ier de Brabant (1253-1294)
  Jean Ier de Brabant, dit le Victorieux, né à Louvain en 1253, mort à Bar-le-Duc le 3 mai 1294, fut duc de Brabant de 1267 à 1294 et duc de Limbourg de 1288 à 1294. Il était fils d'Henri III, duc de Br
  
  === Ancestral File Number: 8XJG-DT From ===
  Ancestral File Number: 8XJG-DT From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 6/2009:
  Jean I de Brabant, Duc de Brabant
  M, #3618, b. circa 1251, d. 4 May 1294
  Jean I de Brabant, Duc de Brabant|b. c 1251\nd. 4 May 1294|p362.htm#i3618|Henri III de Brabant, Duc de Brabant|b. b 1235\nd. 28 Feb 1260/61|p10696.htm#i106960|Alix de Bourgogne|d. 23 Oct 1273|p372.htm#i3711|Henri I., Duc de Brabant|b. c 1189\nd. 1 Feb 1247/48|p10686.htm#i106853|Marie von Hohenstaufen|b. 1201\nd. 1235|p11343.htm#i113421|Hugues I. de Bourgogne, Duc de Bourgogne|b. 9 Mar 1212\nd. c Feb 1273|p10118.htm#i101175|Yolande de Dreux|b. 1212\nd. 1248|p372.htm#i3713|
  Last Edited=20 Jun 2005
  Consanguinity Index=0.24%
  Jean I de Brabant, Duc de Brabant was born circa 1251.1 He was the son of Henri III de Brabant, Duc de Brabant and Alix de Bourgogne .1 He married Marguerite de France , daughter of Louis IX, Roi de France and Marguerite de Provence , in 1270. He married, secondly, Marguerite de Flandre, daughter of Guy de Dampierre, Comte de Flandre and Matilda de Bethune , in 1273.1 He died on 4 May 1294.1
  Jean I de Brabant, Duc de Brabant gained the title of Duc de Brabant in 1267.
  Children of Jean I de Brabant, Duc de Brabant and Marguerite de Flandre
  Jean II de Brabant, Duc de Brabant + b. 27 Sep 1275, d. 27 Oct 13121
  Marguerite de Brabant + b. 4 Oct 1276, d. 14 Dec 1311
  Citations
  [S45 ] Marcellus Donald R. von Redlich, Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, volume I (1941; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002), page 57. Hereinafter cited as Pedigrees of Emperor Charlemagne, I.
  
  === ! Page 281 of "Dictionary of Royal Linea ===
  ! Page 281 of "Dictionary of Royal Lineage of Europe and other Countries", complied from offical records and other reconized authorities by C. M. Allstrom, Vol 1, Chicago, USA, 1902. This book is in the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah. 1. He bcame the Duke of Brabant when his brother abdicated in 1267. He was also the Duke of Limburg from 1282-1294.Line 40184 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME Jean I Duke Of /BRABANT/ From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === Duke of Brabant ===
  Duke of Brabant
  
  === per Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Cha ===
  per Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants compiled by Marcellus Donald Alexander R. von Redlich vol 1 1986
  
  === http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRABANT,%20LOUVAIN.htm#JeanIBrabantdied1294B ===
  JEAN de Brabant, son of HENRI III "le Pacifique/le Débonnaire" Duke of Brabant & his wife Alix de Bourgogne [Capet] (Brussels 1253-Antwerp 3 May 1294, bur Brussels Franciscan Church).
  
  m firstly ([5 Sep] 1270) MARGUERITE de France, daughter of LOUIS IX King of France & his wife Marguerite de Provence ([early 1255]-Jul 1271, bur église de l'Abbaye royale de Saint-Denis).
  
  m secondly (1273) MARGUERITE de Flandre, daughter of GUY Count of Flanders & his first wife Mathilde de Béthune ([1251]-3 Jul 1285, bur Brussels Franciscan Church).
  
  ... The names of Duke Jean's mistresses are not known...
  
  === BETHAMIS GENEALOGICAL TABLES (GS NUMBER ===
  BETHAMIS GENEALOGICAL TABLES (GS NUMBER Q929.2 B465G) TAB 513; TABLEAUX GENEALOGIQUES DES SOUVERAINS DE LA FRANCE ET SES GRANDS FEUDATAIRES (GS NUMBER 944 D22G) TAB 7; TABLETTES CHRONOLOGIQUES (GS NUMBER 944 D22T) VOL 1 P.152; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;

• m. 1273
• m. 1269 in Paris, Seine, France

1. Marguerite de Brabant, b. 4 OCT 1276 in Brabant, Belgiium     d. 14 DEC 1311 in Genua, Provincia di Genova, Liguria, Italia
2. Jean de Brabant II, b. 27 SEP 1275 in Tervuren, Duchy of Brabant, Belgium     d. 27 OCT 1312 in Tervuren, Duchy of Brabant, Holy Roman Empire

1. Title: Jean I Duke of Brabant, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-B16J : 10 September 2021), Jean I Duke of Brabant, ; Burial, Brussels, Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, Minderbroederskerk te Brussel; citing record ID 20817, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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2. Title: Leo's Genealogics Website (Leo van de Pas), www.genealogics.org
   Author: Leo's Genealogics Website (Leo van de Pas), www.genealogics.org, Jan I Duke of Brabant.
   Note: Source Media Type: Electronic. [PFT:AQ] [S:Titl] Leo's Genealogics Website (Leo van de Pas), www.genealogics.org [S:Note] Source Media Type: Electronic [Page] Jan I Duke of Brabant [/PFT]
   
3. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BRABANT,%20LOUVAIN.htm#JeanIBrabantdied1294B;
   Note: JEAN de Brabant, son of HENRI III "le Pacifique/le Débonnaire" Duke of Brabant & his wife Alix de Bourgogne [Capet] (Brussels 1253-Antwerp 3 May 1294, bur Brussels Franciscan Church). The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ names (in order) "Henricum…Iohannem…Godefridum…et Mariam" as the children of "Henricus…tertius dux" & his wife, specifying that Jean and Godefroi were born in Brussels[354]. He succeeded his brother in 1267 as JEAN I "the Victorious" Duke of Brabant. He bought a claim the duchy of Limburg from Adolf V Graf von Berg, who had disputed the succession of his cousin Ermengard and her husband Reinald I Graaf van Gelre[355]. His forces captured Worringen where the other claimant Henri VI Comte de Luxembourg, to whom Graf Reinald had sold his claim, was killed in battle. The dispute was arbitrated by Philippe III King of France who found in favour of Duke Jean who was thereupon recognised as Duke of Limburg in 1288[356]. The Balduini Ninovensis Chronicon records the death "1294 Non Mai" of "Iohannis primus dux Lotharingie, Brabantie et Lemburgie" during a tournament celebrating the marriage of the Comte de Bar with the daughter of the King of England[357]. m firstly ([5 Sep] 1270) MARGUERITE de France, daughter of LOUIS IX King of France & his wife Marguerite de Provence ([early 1255]-Jul 1271, bur église de l'Abbaye royale de Saint-Denis). An anonymous chronicle of the kings of France, written [1286/1314], records that the third daughter of "li rois Loois...[et] Marguerite la fille au conte de Provence" married "au duc de Braibant" but did not live long[358]. The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Ampliata names "Margaretam filiam sancti Ludovici Regis Francie" as the first wife of "Iohannes dux Lothoringie et Brabantie" specifying that she had one son[359]. She had previously been betrothed to Duke Jean's older brother. The Oude Kronik van Brabant records that "Johannes primus…in ducatu Lotharingie et Brabancie" married "Margaretam, filiam Philippi regis Francorum", adding that she died in childbirth with her child[360]. m secondly (1273) MARGUERITE de Flandre, daughter of GUY Count of Flanders & his first wife Mathilde de Béthune ([1251]-3 Jul 1285, bur Brussels Franciscan Church). The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Ampliata names "Margaretam filiam Guidonis comitis Flandrie" as the second wife of "Iohannes dux Lothoringie et Brabantie"[361]. The Genealogia Comitum Flandriæ refers to the three (unnamed) daughters of "Guido…ex Mathilde filia Roberti Tenremontensis", specifying that one (listed first) married "Iohanni duci Brabantie"[362]. The Oude Kronik van Brabant records that "Johannes primus…in ducatu Lotharingie et Brabancie" married secondly "Margareta, filia Guidonis comitis Flandrie"[363]. The Annales Blandinienses name "Margaretha duxissa Brabantie, filia Guidonis comitis Flandrie" when recording her death in 1284 and burial in Brussels, specifying that she left four children "quorum maior natu duxit filiam regis Anglie in uxorem[364]. Mistress (1) - (5): ---. The names of Duke Jean's mistresses are not known. Duke Jean I & his first wife had one child: 1. son (b and d Jul 1271, bur Saint-Denis). The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Ampliata names "Margaretam filiam sancti Ludovici Regis Francie" as the first wife of "Iohannes dux Lothoringie et Brabantie" specifying that she had one son[365]. The Oude Kronik van Brabant records that "Margaretam, filiam Philippi regis Francorum", wife of "Johannes primus…in ducatu Lotharingie et Brabancie", died in childbirth with her child[366]. Duke Jean I & his second wife had four children: 2. GODEFROI de Brabant ([1273/74]-after 13 Sep 1283). The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Ampliata names (in order) "Iohannem et Godefridum" as the two sons of "Iohannes dux Lothoringie et Brabantie" & his second wife, specifying that Godefroi died "in annis pubertatis"[367]. Betrothed (13 Sep 1283) to MARGARETA von Berg, daughter of HEINRICH von Berg-Windeck [Limburg] & his wife Agnes von der Mark. "Adolphus comes de Monte" transferred "ducatum Lemburgensem" to Brabant with the betrothal of "filium domini nostri ducis Brabantiæ Godefridum" and "Margaretam filiam Henrici nostri fratris" by charter dated 13 Sep 1283[368]. 3. JEAN de Brabant (27 Sep 1275-Château de Tervueren 27 Oct 1312, Brussels Saints Michael and Gudula). The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Ampliata names (in order) "Iohannem et Godefridum" as the two sons of "Iohannes dux Lothoringie et Brabantie" & his second wife[369]. He succeeded his father in 1294 as JEAN II "der Friedfertige" Duke of Brabant. - see below. 4. MARGUERITE de Brabant (4 Oct 1276-Genoa 14 Dec 1311, bur Pisa Cathedral). The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Ampliata names (in order) "Mariam comitissam Sabaudie et Montium, et Margaretam [uxor] Henricus comes de Lusseleborch" as the two daughters of "Iohannes dux Lothoringie et Brabantie" & his second wife[370]. The Gesta Baldewini de Luczenburch names "Domina Margareta sorore Iohannis Ducis Brabantiæ" as wife of "Henricum Comitum Luczelinburgensem…Romanorum Regem"[371]. Her marriage was arranged to settle the long-standing dispute with the Duke of Brabant over the duchy of Limburg, her husband abandoning his claim to Limburg at the same time[372]. The Gesta Baldewini de Luczenburch records the death in Dec 1311 of "Domina Margareta Regina"[373]. m (9 Jun 1292) HENRI VII Comte de Luxembourg, son of HENRI VI Comte de Luxembourg & his wife Beatrix d'Avesnes (12 Jul 1274-Buonconvento near Siena 24 Aug 1313, bur Pisa Cathedral). He was elected HEINRICH VII King of Germany 6 Jan 1309, crowned Emperor 29 Jun 1312. 5. MARIE de Brabant ([1277/85]-after 2 Nov 1338, bur Brussels Franciscan Church). The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Ampliata names (in order) "Mariam comitissam Sabaudie et Montium, et Margaretam [uxor] Henricus comes de Lusseleborch" as the two daughters of "Iohannes dux Lothoringie et Brabantie" & his second wife[374]. As Marie's second daughter gave birth to her first child in 1320, it is likely that Marie herself was born in the early part of the date range [1278/85] and that she married before 1300. Pope Boniface VIII issued a dispensation for the marriage of "Ottone nato Theoderici comitis Clevensis" and "Maria sorore Johannis ducis Brabantie" despite 4o consanguinity dated 23 Oct 1297[375]. "Maria di Brabant sua Sorella Moglie del detto Conte Amedeo" is named in a promise by "Gioanni Duca di Brabant" relating to the former's dowry, dated "il Luned avanti la divisione degli Apostoli 1304"[376]. Betrothed (Papal dispensation 23 Oct 1297) to OTTO von Kleve, son of DIETRICH [VI] Graf von Kleve & his first wife Margareta van Gelre (1278--[27 Sep 1310/24 Feb 1311]). He succeeded his father in 1305 as Graf von Kleve. m ([23 Oct 1297/1304]) as his second wife, AMEDEE V "le Grand" Comte de Savoie, son of THOMAS II Conte [Marchese] di Piemonte & his second wife Beatrice Fieschi ([1253]-Avignon 16 Oct 1323). Duke Jean I had five illegitimate children by Mistresses (1) - (5) (The primary sources which confirm their parentage, and the parentage of their descendants, have not yet been identified unless otherwise stated below): 6. JAN Meeuwe ([1275/90?]-[22 Jun 1333/1339]). His parentage is confirmed by the following document: Jean II Duke of Brabant granted “les droictures...que sire Willem de Dongelbert tient à Dongelbert” to “Jehan Meewe nos...freire” by undated charter[377]. Heer van Dongelberg en Waver. - HEREN van DONGELBERG, HEREN van WAVER, HEREN van PAMELE en LEDERBERG. 7. JENNEQUIN van Mechelen . Jean II Duke of Brabant granted land to “Hannekin de Malines, frère du duc” by charter dated 1310, sealed by Jan Meeuwe[378]. m ---. The name of Jennequin’s wife is not known. Jennequin & his wife had three children: a) GERARD de Malines . Seigneur de Soigne. Living 1352. m ---. The name of Gérard’s wife is not known. Gérard & his wife had one child: i) MARTIN de Malines . b) JEAN de Malines . m ---. The name of Jean’s wife is not known. Jean & his wife had one child: i) GERARD de Malines . c) MARGUERITE de Brabant dite de Malines (-after 1368). m ([1330]) GERELINUS Hinckaert, son of --- (-before 1366). 8. JAN Pyliser . He left descendants[379]. 9. JAN van der Plasch . Living 1313/47. 10. MARGARETA van Tervueren . m (1292) JAN van Landewijck, son of ---.
   
4. Title: Jean I Duke of Brabant, "Find A Grave Index" -Cenotaph
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-B1DH : 15 December 2021), Jean I Duke of Brabant, ; Burial, Brussels, Arrondissement Brussel-Hoofdstad, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium, Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint Gudula; citing record ID 19230, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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5. Title: Wikipedia-John I, Duke of Brabant
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6. Title: Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors & Cousins
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