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