Brabant
Brabant was a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries, with Brussels among its chief cities. In 1337 Duke John III of the Leuven line ruled Brabant and Limburg.
John granted the Joyous Entry charter in 1354. Brabant passed to Philip of Burgundy in 1430 and to the Habsburgs in 1477. The Peace of Westphalia gave its northern part to the Dutch Republic in 1648; French armies conquered the remaining duchy in 1794. After 1815 its lands belonged to the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, until southern Brabant joined Belgium in 1830.
Characters
- Adelaide of Burgundy
- Godfrey of Brabant
- Godfrey of Brabant, Lord of Aarschot
- Henry I, Duke of Brabant
- Henry II, Duke of Brabant
- Henry III, Duke of Brabant
- Henry IV, Duke of Brabant
- Henry of Brabant
- Hugh of Châtillon
- Jacques de Châtillon, Lord of Leuze
- John I, Duke of Brabant
- Jan II Berthout van Berlaer
- John II, Duke of Brabant
- John III of Brabant
- John of Brabant
- Joan of Argies
- Johanna van Dinther
- Lodewijk III Berthout van Berlaer
- Margaret of England, Duchess of Brabant
- Margaret of Brabant
- Margaret of Flanders
- Mary of Brabant
- Marie of Évreux, Duchess of Brabant
- Walraven Berthout van Berlaer
- Marie of Brabant, Queen of France
- Guy III of Châtillon, Count of Saint-Pol