Henry III, Duke of Brabant

Henry III of Brabant (c. 1231–1261) succeeded his father Henry II as duke in 1248, and in 1251 married Adelaide of Burgundy. He backed Alfonso X of Castile for the German crown, who named him imperial vicar in 1257 and granted him disputed Lothier.

Himself a trouvère, he kept the poet Adenet le Roi at court. He died at Leuven in 1261, after issuing a charter to ease his under-age sons' succession; his will threatened to banish Jews who kept moneylending, but Adelaide did not enforce it as regent. His children included John I and Maria, wife of Philip III of France.