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unusual facts about Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant



Battle of Baesweiler

After mercenaries robbed a number of Brabantine merchants on the territory of William II, Duke of Jülich in 1371, William refused to pay reparation to Wenceslaus I of Luxembourg, husband of the Duchess of Brabant, let alone punish the mercenaries, instead protecting them and even hiring some.

Duchess of Brabant

Queen Sofía of Spain and also the late Crown Princess Regina of Austria also has claims to the title.

Princess Isabella of Denmark

Her godparents were the then-Duchess of Brabant, Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark, Nadine Johnston, Christian Buchwald, Peter Heering and Marie Louise Skeel.

Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant

When Sophie was three years old, her father embarked for the Sixth Crusade, and died unexpectedly of a fever on his way to the Holy Land.


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