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hardy_a margaret_z wife_n to_o william_n earl_n of_o haynault_n anthony_n slay_v in_o the_o battle_n of_o agincourt_n m._n jane_n daughter_n to_o walleran_n earl_n of_o saint_n paul_n &_o ligny_n the_o first_o wife_n john_n succeed_v his_o father_n in_o brabant_n and_o lambourg_n philip_n succeed_v his_o brother_n m._n quarrel_n m._n elizabeth_z second_o wife_n to_o anthony_n duke_n of_o brabant_n be_v daughter_n to_o john_n duke_n of_o gorlic_n brother_n to_o the_o emperor_n wenceslaus_n and_o sigismundus_n who_o partly_o in_o respect_n of_o this_o marriage_n partly_o for_o money_n give_v to_o duke_n anthony_n the_o duchy_n of_o luxembourg_n but_o after_o his_o death_n they_o and_o william_n duke_n of_o saxony_n who_o have_v marry_v sigismundus_n daughter_n daughter_n seek_v to_o dispossess_v she_o of_o it_o but_o duke_n philip_n of_o burgundy_n ever_o defend_v she_o and_o after_o her_o death_n succeed_v she_o as_o well_o by_o her_o gift_n as_o also_o as_o heir_n to_o duke_n anthony_n 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say_a william_n elder_a sister_n be_v right_a heir_n of_o all_o these_o country_n meyerus_n lib_n 12._o fol._n 140._o pag._n 2._o and_o fol._n 147._o pag._n 1._o say_v that_o margaret_n be_v sister_n not_o daughter_n to_o duke_n william_n which_o also_o be_v the_o more_o manifest_o prove_v because_o the_o wife_n of_o this_o william_n be_v jane_n the_o elder_a daughter_n to_o john_n duke_n of_o brabant_n who_o overlive_v her_o husband_n and_o after_o marry_a wenceslaus_n brother_n to_o the_o emperor_n charles_n the_o four_o which_o woman_n never_o have_v issue_n yet_o find_v we_o no_o mention_n of_o any_o other_o wife_n that_o william_n the_o young_a earl_n of_o hainault_n have_v as_o other_o sister_n m._n lewis_n of_o bavierâ—_n emperor_n william_n the_o elder_a brother_n die_v without_o issue_n albert_n succeed_v his_o brother_n m._n margaret_n daughter_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o brida_n william_n succeed_v his_o father_n m._n margaret_n daughter_n to_o philip_n the_o hardy_a 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