Maria of Swabia explained

Maria of Hohenstaufen
Spouse:Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lothier
Issue:Matilda, Countess of Artois
Beatrice, Countess of Flanders
Maria, Duchess of Bavaria
Margaret of Brabant
Henry III, Duke of Brabant
Philip of Brabant
Father:Philip of Swabia
Mother:Irene Angelina of Byzantium
Birth Date:1199/1200
Birth Place:Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy
Death Date:29 March 1235 (aged 35-36)
Death Place:Leuven, Brabant
Noble Family:Hohenstaufen

Maria of Swabia (1199/1200 – 29 March 1235) was a member of the powerful Hohenstaufen dynasty of German kings.

Family

Maria of Hohenstaufen was born in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy around 1199/1200. She was the second daughter of Philip of Swabia and Irene Angelina of Byzantium. In 1208, at the age of seven, Maria was left an orphan by the unexpected deaths of her parents. On 21 June, her father was murdered by Otto of Wittelsbach, and two months later her mother died after giving birth to a daughter, who did not live beyond early infancy.

Marriage and issue

Sometime before 22 August 1215, she married Henry II, heir to the Duchy of Brabant (present-day Belgium) and Lothier. They had:

Death

Maria of Hohenstaufen died on 29 March 1235 in Leuven, Brabant, five days before her thirty-fourth birthday. Less than six months later, her husband succeeded his father as Duke of Brabant and Lothier.

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