Henry III, Duke of Brabant

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Henry III of Brabant (Template:Circa 1230 – February 28, 1261, Leuven) was Duke of Brabant between 1248 and his death. He was the son of Henry II of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen.Template:Sfn He was also a trouvère.

The disputed territory of Lothier, the former Duchy of Lower Lorraine, was assigned to him by the King Alfonso X of Castile, a claimant to the German throne. Alfonso also appointed him imperial vicar to advance his claims on the Holy Roman Empire.

In 1251, he married Adelaide of Burgundy (Template:Circa 1233 – October 23, 1273),Template:Sfn daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy and Yolande de Dreux, by whom he had four children:

Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (Template:Circa 1251 – aft. 1272)Template:Sfn Mentally disabled, and made to abdicate in favor of his brother John on 24 May 1267.
John I, Duke of Brabant (1253–1294)Template:Sfn Married first to Marguerite of France, daughter of King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis) and his wife Margaret of Provence, and later to Margaret of Flanders, daughter of Guy, Count of Flanders and his first wife Mathilda of Béthune.<ref>Iohannis de Thielrode Genealogia Comitum Flandriæ MGH SS IX, p. 335.</ref><ref>Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 68.</ref>
Godfrey of Brabant, Lord of Aarschot (d. July 11, 1302, Kortrijk),Template:Sfn killed at the Battle of the Golden Spurs, married 1277 Jeanne Isabeau de Vierzon (d. aft. 1296)
Maria of Brabant (1256, Leuven – January 12, 1322, Murel), married at Vincennes on August 27, 1274 to King Philip III of France.Template:Sfn

On February 26, 1261, Henry III signed his will, which included a clause threatening to banish Jewish people from Brabant unless they ceased the practice of usury, albeit only after his death. He died two days later. His wife Adelaide, acting as regent since Henry IV was incapable of ruling, never enforced this policy laid out in the will, and the Jews were able to stay.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>