John II, Duke of Brabant

John II, called the Peaceful (1275–1312), succeeded John I as Duke of Brabant in 1294. He put down early revolts and, with Edward I of England and the Count of Flanders, formed an anti-French league that broke up in 1300. In 1309 his army crushed the Crusade of the Poor, which had besieged Genappe castle where Jews sheltered.

Suffering from kidney stones and seeking a peaceful succession for his son, he granted the Charter of Kortenberg, Brabant's constitution, on his deathbed in 1312. Married to Margaret of England in 1290, he died at Tervuren, leaving the duchy to John III.