Background
He was the son of Henry II of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen.
He was the son of Henry II of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen.
The disputed territory of Lothier, the former Duchy of Lower Lorraine, was assigned to him by the German King Alfonso X of Castile. Alfonso also appointed him Imperial Vicar to advance his claims on the Holy Roman Empire. Godfrey of Brabant, Lord of Aarschot (d July 11, 1302, Kortrijk), killed at the Battle of the Golden Spurs, married 1277 Jeanne Isabeau de Vierzon (d aft 1296)
Maria of Brabant (1256, Leuven – January 12, 1321, Murel), married at Vincennes on August 27, 1274 to King Philip III of France.
He also had two illegitimate sons:
John Lyngwood (+1289)
Gilles, ancestor of the van der Balch family.
