Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois

Matilda of Brabant
Countess of Artois Countess of Saint-Pol
Medallion of Matilda of Brabant
Born	(1224-06-14)14 June 1224
Died	29 September 1288(1288-09-29) (aged 64)
Noble family	Reginar
Spouses	Robert I of Artois Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol
Issue	Blanche, Queen of Navarre Robert II, Count of Artois Guy IV, Count of Saint-Pol Hugh II, Count of Blois Jacques I of Leuze-Châtillon Beatrix, Countess of Eu Jeanne, Lady of Châteauroux Gertrude, Lady of Mechelen
Father	Henry II, Duke of Brabant
Mother	Marie of Hohenstaufen

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.

Marriages and issue

On 14 June 1237, which was her 13th birthday, Matilda married her first husband Robert I of Artois. Robert was the son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile. They had:

• Blanche of Artois (1248 – 2 May 1302). Married first Henry I of Navarre and secondly Edmund Crouchback, 1st Earl of Lancaster.
• Robert II, Count of Artois (1250 – 11 July 1302 at the Battle of the Golden Spurs).

On 8 February 1250, Robert I was killed while participating in the Seventh Crusade. On 16 January 1255, Matilda married her second husband Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol. He was a younger son of Hugh I, Count of Blois and Mary, Countess of Blois. 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
• 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
• Jeanne, married Guillaume III de Chauvigny, Lord of Châteauroux
• Gertrude, married Florent, Lord of Mechelen (French: Malines).

References

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