Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Artois

Matilda of Brabant (14 June 1224 – 29 September 1288) was the eldest daughter of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and his first wife Marie of Hohenstaufen.

[1] On 14 June 1237, which was her 13th birthday, Matilda married her first husband Robert I of Artois.

[2] Robert was the son of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castile.

[3] They had: On 8 February 1250, Robert I was killed while participating in the Seventh Crusade.

[5] On 16 January 1255, Matilda married her second husband Guy III, Count of Saint-Pol.