Sophie of Thuringia | |
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Duchess of Brabant and Lothier | |
![]() Statue of Sophie of Thuringia, and her son Henry in Marburg | |
Born | 20 March 1224 |
Died | 29 May 1275 (aged 51) Marburg |
Buried | Villers Abbey, Brabant |
Noble family | Ludovingians |
Spouse(s) | Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lothier |
Issue | Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse Elizabeth of Brabant |
Father | Ludwig IV of Thuringia |
Mother | St. Elisabeth of Hungary |
Sophie of Thuringia (20 March 1224 – 29 May 1275) was the second wife and only Duchess consort of Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lothier. She was the heiress of Hesse which she passed on to her son, Henry upon her retention of the territory following her partial victory in the War of the Thuringian Succession in which she was one of the belligerents. Sophie was the founder of the Brabant dynasty of Hesse.