Henry IV, Duke of Brabant

Henry IV
Duke of Brabant Duke of Lothier
Detail Titles and styles The Duke of Brabant and Lothier
Noble family	House of Reginar
Father	Henry III, Duke of Brabant
Mother	Adelaide of Burgundy
Born	1251
Died	after 29 April 1272

Henry IV of Brabant (1251/1252 – after April 29, 1272) was Duke of Brabant from 1261 to 1267.

Born at Leuven, he was the eldest son of Henry III, Duke of Brabant and Adelaide 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.

Succeeding his father at about the age of ten, he proved infirm of mind and body, and was deposed in favor of his younger brother John I, Duke of Brabant.^[1] After being deposed, Henry became a novice in Saint Bénigne Abbey in Dijon. It is unknown what happened to Henry after 1272.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Henry IV, Duke of Brabant

16. Godfrey III, Count of Leuven               8. Henry I, Duke of Brabant                       17. Margaret of Limburg               4. Henry II, Duke of Brabant                             18. Matthew, Count of Boulogne               9. Matilda of Flanders                       19. Marie I, Countess of Boulogne               2. Henry III, Duke of Brabant                                   20. Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor               10. Philip of Swabia                       21. Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy               5. Marie of Swabia                             22. Isaac II Angelos               11. Irene Angelina                       23. Unknown Palaiologina?, afterwards Irene               1. Henry IV, Duke of Brabant                                         24. Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy               12. Odo III, Duke of Burgundy                       25. Alice of Lorraine               6. Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy                             26. Hugues, Seigneur de Vergy               13. Alice of Vergy                       27. Gillette de Trainel               3. Adelaide of Burgundy                                   28. Robert II, Count of Dreux               14. Robert III, Count of Dreux                       29. Yolanda of Coucy               7. Yolande of Dreux                             30. Thomas de Saint-Valéry               15. Aenor of Saint-Valéry                       31. Adela de Ponthieu, Dame de Saint-Aubin

References

1. Geheugenvannederland.nl