Margaret of Brabant

Margaret of Brabant
German Queen
Tenure	1308–1311
Born	4 October 1276
Died	14 December 1311 Genoa, Italy
Spouse	Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor
Issue	John, King of Bohemia Maria, Queen of France Beatrix, Queen of Hungary
House	House of Reginar
Father	John I, Duke of Brabant
Mother	Marguerite of Flanders

Margaret of Brabant (4 October 1276 – 14 December 1311), was the daughter of John I, Duke of Brabant and Margaret of Flanders. She was the wife of Count Henry of Luxemburg and after his coronation in 1308, she became Holy Roman Queen.

Marriage

She was married to Henry on 9 July 1292 which was arranged to settle a long-standing dispute with the Duke of Brabant over the Duchy of Limburg, with the duke abandoning his claim to Limburg at the time Margaret's marriage took place.^[1] By all accounts, the marriage proved to be happy.^[1] She became the Queen consort of Germany in 1308 when her husband was crowned king.

Henry and Margaret had three children:

• John of Bohemia (10 August 1296 – 26 August 1346) was the Count of Luxembourg from 1309, King of Bohemia.^[1] Married firstly to Elisabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330), by whom he had issue including Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and Bonne of Bohemia, first wife of the future King John II of France. On Elisabeth's death in 1330, John married secondly Beatrice of Bourbon, by whom he had issue.
• Maria of Luxembourg (1304 – 26 March 1324), married Charles IV of France, died in childbirth.^[1]
• Beatrix of Luxembourg (1305–19), married Charles I of Hungary, died in childbirth.^[1]

Margaret (far left) with daughter-in-law Elisabeth (centre) and Anna granddaughter-in-law (right)

Margaret accompanied her husband on his Italy campaign, became ill during the siege of Brescia and died a few months later in Genoa, where she was buried in the church of San Francesco di Castelletto. Her death was recorded in the Gesta Baldewini Luczenburch in December 1311. The famous sculptor Giovanni Pisano was commissioned by the Emperor to create a monument in her memory in 1313 (parts of it are still preserved in Genoa, Museo di Sant'Agostino and Galleria Nazionale della Liguria in Palazzo Spinola).

Ancestors

Ancestors of Margaret of Brabant

8. Henry II, Duke of Brabant                       4. Henry III, Duke of Brabant                             9. Marie of Hohenstaufen                       2. John I, Duke of Brabant                                   10. Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy                       5. Alice of Burgundy                             11. Yolande of Dreux                       1. Margaret of Brabant                                         12. William II of Dampierre                       6. Guy of Dampierre                             13. Margaret II, Countess of Flanders                       3. Marguerite of Flanders                                   14. Robert VII, Lord of Bethune                       7. Matilda of Bethune                             15. Elisabeth of Morialmez

References

1. John A. Gades, Luxemburg in the Middle Ages, (Brill, 1951), 119.