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| | Han's Homepage - Chapter Genealogy, Brabant |
 | | Brabant became a very important regional power, annexing Limburg in 1288, but as a result of the Eighty Years War (1568-1648) which resulted in an independent, predominantly Protestant Dutch Republic, Brabant was split up. |
 | | Hendrik's second wife Maria (the daughter of King Philipe II Augustus of France) was the widow of Count Philipe I of Namur, the brother of Boudewijn VI, Count of Hainaut / Boudewijn IX of Flanders / Boudewijn I, Emperor of Constantinopel. |
 | | Duke Hendrik, as the victorious leader of a coalition within Lower-Lorraine against Conrad of Hochstaden, the Bishop of Cologne, who had turned against Emperor Friedrich II of Germany, was officially given the important fortress of Dalhem on the right bank of the Meuse river, which he already had occupied. |
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