Duke Brabant

Duke Brabant is in Dukes.

In 1191 Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 26] was appointed I Duke Brabant.

On 5th September 1235 Henry Reginar VIII Duke Lower Lorraine I Duke Brabant [aged 70] died. His son Henry [aged 28] succeeded II Duke Brabant. Marie Swabia Duchess Brabant by marriage Duchess Brabant.

On 1st February 1248 Henry Reginar II Duke Brabant [aged 41] died. His son Henry [aged 18] succeeded III Duke Brabant. Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant [aged 15] by marriage Duchess Brabant.

On 28th February 1261 Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant [aged 31] died. His son Henry [aged 10] succeeded IV Duke Brabant.

After 1272 Henry Reginar IV Duke Brabant [deceased] died. His brother John [aged 19] succeeded I Duke Brabant.

In 1273 John Reginar I Duke Brabant [aged 20] and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Brabant [aged 20] were married. She by marriage Duchess Brabant. She the daughter of Guy Dampierre Count Flanders [aged 47] and Mathilde Bethune. He the son of Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant and Adelaide Burgundy Duchess Brabant [aged 40]. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Stephen I England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In 1294 John Reginar I Duke Brabant [aged 41] died. His son John [aged 18] succeeded II Duke Brabant. Margaret Plantagenet Duchess Brabant [aged 18] by marriage Duchess Brabant.

On 27th October 1312 John "Peaceful" Reginar II Duke Brabant [aged 37] died. His son John [aged 12] succeeded III Duke Brabant.

On 5th December 1355 John Brabant III Duke Brabant [aged 55] died. His daughter Joanna [aged 33] succeeded as Duchess Brabant.

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On 21st February 1402 Anthony Valois Duke Brabant [aged 17] and Jeanne Luxembourg Duchess Brabant were married at Arras. She by marriage Duchess Brabant. She the daughter of Waleran Luxembourg Count of Saint Pol and Ligny [aged 47] and Maud Holland Countess of Saint-Pol. He the son of Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy [aged 60] and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy [aged 54]. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 16th July 1409 Anthony Valois Duke Brabant [aged 24] and Elisabeth of Görlitz Duchess Brabant [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Duchess Brabant. He the son of Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy and Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England.

25th October 1415. At the Battle of Agincourt the French army suffered significant casualties.

Charles Valois Duke Orléans [aged 20] was captured by Richard Waller [aged 20] for which he was knighted on the battlefield by King Henry V of England [aged 29]. John Bourbon I Duke Bourbon [aged 34], Jean II Le Maingre 'Boucicaut' [aged 49], Georges de La Trémoille [aged 33] and Charles Artois Count of Eu [aged 21] were captured.

Charles Albret [aged 46], Philip Valois II Count Nevers [aged 26], John of Bar [aged 35], Jacques Chatillon [aged 48], David Rambures [aged 51] and his three sons: Jean Rambures, Hugues Rambures, Philippe Rambures were killed.

Hector de Chartres was killed.

Robert of Bar Count Soissons Count Marle [aged 25] was killed. His daughter Jeanne succeeded Countess Soissons.

Edward of Bar III Duke of Bar [aged 38] was killed. His brother Louis [aged 38] succeeded I Duke Bar.

John Valois I Duke Alençon was killed. His son John [aged 6] succeeded II Duke Alençon.

Frederick Metz I Count Vaudémont [aged 47] was killed. His son Antoine [aged 15] succeeded Count Vaudémont.

Anthony Valois Duke Brabant [aged 31] was killed. His son John [aged 12] succeeded IV Duke Brabant. Jacqueline Wittelsbach Duchess Brabant and Gloucester [aged 14] by marriage Duchess Brabant.

On 17th April 1427 John Valois IV Duke Brabant [aged 23] died. His brother Philip [aged 22] succeeded I Duke Brabant.

Before 4th August 1430 Philip Valois I Duke Brabant [aged 26] and Yolande Valois Anjou Duchess Brabant Duchess Brittany [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Duchess Brabant. She the daughter of King Louis of Naples and Yolande Barcelona Queen Consort Naples [aged 48]. He the son of Anthony Valois Duke Brabant and Jeanne Luxembourg Duchess Brabant. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

Anthony Valois Duke Brabant succeeded Duke Brabant.