Biography of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant 1165-1235

Paternal Family Tree: Reginar aka Percy

On 13 Jun 1142 [his grandfather] Godfrey Reginar VII Duke Lower Lorraine (age 35) died. His son [his father] Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine succeeded III Count Louvain, VIII Duke Lower Lorraine.

In or before 1165 [his father] Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine (age 23) and [his mother] Margaret Luxemburg Duchess Lower Lorraine (age 26) were married. She by marriage Duchess Lower Lorraine. She the daughter of Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg (age 53) and Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg. He the son of Godfrey Reginar VII Duke Lower Lorraine and Lutgardis Sulzbach Duchess Lower Lorraine.

In 1165 Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant was born to Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine (age 23) and Margaret Luxemburg Duchess Lower Lorraine (age 27).

In 1173 [his mother] Margaret Luxemburg Duchess Lower Lorraine (age 35) died.

In or after 1173 [his father] Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine (age 31) and [his step-mother] Imagina Loon Duchess Lower Lorraine (age 28) were married. She by marriage Duchess Lower Lorraine. She the daughter of Louis Loon I Count Loon (age 65) and Agnes Metz Countess Loon (age 59). He the son of Godfrey Reginar VII Duke Lower Lorraine and Lutgardis Sulzbach Duchess Lower Lorraine.

In 1180 Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 15) was appointed Godfrey VIII Duke Lower Lorraine.

In 1183 Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 18) was appointed Count Louvain.

Before 1190 Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 25) and Maud Metz (age 19) were married. She the daughter of Matthew Metz Count Boulogne and Marie Blois I Countess Boulogne. He the son of Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine (age 47) and Margaret Luxemburg Duchess Lower Lorraine. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

Around 1190 [his daughter] Adelaide Reginar was born to Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 25) and [his wife] Maud Metz (age 20). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

Around 1190 [his daughter] Marie Reginar Countess Holland was born to Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 25) and [his wife] Maud Metz (age 20). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 21 Aug 1190 [his father] Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine (age 48) died.

In 1191 Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 26) was appointed I Duke Brabant.

In 1192 [his daughter] Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders was born to Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 27) and [his wife] Maud Metz (age 22). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

Around 1200 [his daughter] Mathilde Reginar Countess Holland and Palatine was born to Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 35) and [his wife] Maud Metz (age 30). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In 1206 [his son-in-law] Arnold III Count Loon and [his daughter] Adelaide Reginar (age 16) were married. She the daughter of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 41) and Maud Metz (age 36). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In Jan 1206 [his son-in-law] Gerard III Count Guelders (age 21) and [his daughter] Margaret Reginar Countess Guelders (age 14) were married. She the daughter of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 41) and Maud Metz (age 36). He the son of Otto I Count Guelders (age 56) and Richardis Wittelsbach Countess Guelders (age 33). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In 1207 [his son] Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant was born to Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 42) and [his wife] Maud Metz (age 37). He a great x 3 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In 1209 [his son] Godfrey Reginar was born to Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 44) and [his wife] Maud Metz (age 39). He a great x 3 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 16 Oct 1210 [his wife] Maud Metz (age 40) died.

In 1212 [his son-in-law] Henry Welf VI Count Palatine of the Rhine (age 15) and [his daughter] Mathilde Reginar Countess Holland and Palatine (age 12) were married. She by marriage Countess Palatine of the Rhine. She the daughter of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 47) and Maud Metz. They were third cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 06 Dec 1214 [his son-in-law] Floris Gerulfing IV Count Holland (age 4) and [his daughter] Mathilde Reginar Countess Holland and Palatine (age 14) were married. She by marriage Countess Holland. She the daughter of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 49) and Maud Metz. He the son of William Gerulfing I Count Holland (age 47) and Adelaide Guelders Countess Holland. They were half third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In 1220 [his son-in-law] William Gerulfing I Count Holland (age 53) and [his daughter] Marie Reginar Countess Holland (age 30) were married. She by marriage Countess Holland. The difference in their ages was 23 years. She the daughter of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 55) and Maud Metz. He the son of Floris Gerulfing III Count Holland and Ada Dunkeld Countess Holland. They were half third cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

After 1221 [his son-in-law] William Auvergne X Count Auvergne (age 29) and [his daughter] Adelaide Reginar (age 31) were married. She the daughter of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 56) and Maud Metz. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In or before 1224 [his son] Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant (age 17) and [his daughter-in-law] Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant were married. He the son of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 58) and Maud Metz. He a great x 3 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 05 Sep 1235 Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant (age 70) died. His son [his son] Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant (age 28) succeeded II Duke Brabant. [his daughter-in-law] Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant by marriage Duchess Brabant.

[his son] Godfrey Reginar and Marie van Oudenaarde were married. He the son of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant and Maud Metz. He a great x 3 grandson of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

Royal Ancestors of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant 1165-1235

Kings Wessex: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Kings Franks: Great x 10 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks

Royal Descendants of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant 1165-1235

Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre x 4

Blanche Capet Queen Navarre x 1

Maria Reginar Queen Consort France x 1

Joan of Burgundy Queen Consort France x 1

Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France x 1

Philip "Noble" III King Navarre x 1

Joan Évreux Queen Consort France x 1

Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress x 1

Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England x 1

Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg x 1

Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden x 1

Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France x 1

Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France x 2

Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile x 2

King Louis of Naples x 1

Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford x 1

Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England x 1

Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland x 4

Charlotte Savoy Queen Consort France x 2

Christina Queen Consort Denmark Norway and Sweden x 1

Louis XII King France x 4

Jean III King Navarre x 1

Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress x 2

Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile x 6

Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon x 4

Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre x 6

King Francis I of France x 6

Anne Jagiellon Holy Roman Empress x 1

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England x 7

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland x 14

Antoine King Navarre x 6

Louis VI Elector Palatine x 4

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France x 11

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria x 17

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress x 17

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine x 4

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor x 4

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain x 4

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress x 1

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia x 5

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia x 4

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal x 18

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia x 21

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain x 7

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor x 7

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor x 7

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor x 13

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia x 13

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland x 9

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway x 9

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England x 9

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark x 18

Caroline Amalie Oldenburg Queen Norway x 2

Frederick VII King Denmark x 27

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark x 18

King Christian IX of Denmark x 3

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom x 18

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway x 10

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia x 54

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom x 54

Frederick Charles I King Finland x 18

Constantine I King Greece x 1

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark x 28

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain x 54

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden x 54

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark x 54

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh x 55

Sophia Glücksburg Queen Consort Spain x 2

Constantine II King Hellenes x 2

Carl XVI King Sweden x 113

Diana Spencer Princess Wales x 12

Ancestors of Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant 1165-1235

Great x 1 Grandfather: Godfrey Reginar I Count Louvain

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adela Thuringa Countess Louvain

GrandFather: Godfrey Reginar VII Duke Lower Lorraine

Great x 2 Grandfather: Otto Chiny 2nd Count Chiny

Great x 1 Grandmother: Ida Chiny Countess Louvain

Father: Godfrey Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine

Great x 1 Grandfather: Berenger II Sulzbach

GrandMother: Lutgardis Sulzbach Duchess Lower Lorraine

Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant

Great x 1 Grandfather: Waleran "Pagan" Luxemburg Duke Lower Lorraine

Great x 3 Grandfather: Botho Pottenstein

Great x 2 Grandmother: Adelaide Pottenstein Duchess Lower Lorraine

GrandFather: Henry Luxemburg II Duke Limburg

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jutta von Wassenberg Wassenburg Duchess Lower Lorraine

Mother: Margaret Luxemburg Duchess Lower Lorraine

GrandMother: Mathilda Saffenburg Duchess Limburg