1241 at the age of 17, Sophie married Henry II, Duke of Brabant and Lothier as his second wife. Her marriage was recorded in the Annales Parchenses. She was his only wife to be styled Duchess of Brabant and Lothier, for Henry's first wife Marie of Hohenstaufen had died just six months before he succeeded his father to the dukedom. Together Henry and Sophie had two children: Elisabeth of Brabant (1243 – 17 April/9 October 1261), married Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg and had no children. Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse "The Child" (24 June 1244 – 21 December 1308), first married Adelheid of Brunswick-Luneburg, with whom he had offspring, and then married Mechthild of Cleves, by whom he had additional offspring. Sophie also had six stepchildren from her husband's first marriage to Marie. She was described as having been an "energetic and courageous woman, proud of her saintly ancestry". She began all her letters and charters with the following: "We, Sophie, duchess of Brabant, daughter of St. Elisabeth". After the death of her husband, Sophie resided in a castle situated beside the Dijle river in the village of Sint-Agatha-Rode, Brabant. She died on 29 May 1275 in Marburg, and was buried in Villers Abbey in Brabant. There is a statue representing her and her son Henry in the square in front of the town hall in Marburg. References Sources 1224 births 1275 deaths Sophie Sophie Ludovingians 13th-century German nobility 13th-century German women Daughters of monarchs