Count
Dirk
(Dirk III)
"Graaf van Holland, Dietrich, Hierosolomyta,"
van Holland
formerly Holland aka de Holland
Born about in Gent, Graafschap Vlaanderen
Ancestors 
Brother of
Adelheid (Holland) van Holland, Siegfried (Holland) van Holland, Ralph (Ghent) van Gent, Adalbert (Gant) van Gent and Gertrude (Gand) Ghent
Husband of
Othelendis (Sachsen) von Sachsen
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Floris (Holland) van Holland, Luitgard (Holland) van Holland, Dirk (Holland) van Holland, Bertrade (Holland) van Holland and Swanhilde (Holland) van Loon
Died about
at about age 57
in Egmond-Binnen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
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Count Dirk III Holland was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.
Biography
Dirk Holland, (Dirk III) "Count of Holland," son of Arnulf (Holland) de Holland and Luitgard Decleves (Luxembourg) de Gant, was born about 0982 in Gand, Flandre Orientale, Belgium. He married Othelendis (Sachsen) de Holland. They had children, Dirk Holland, Floris (Holland) de Holland, Luitgard Holland, Susanehilde (Holland) Looz and [[Holland-4259|Bertrade Holland. Dirk Holland, (Dirk III) died about 27 May 1039 in Egmond, Nord-Holland, Netherlands.
Source
- Genootschap Oud Rijnsburg Opgravingen
- MedLands Germany, Lotharingia Holland & Frisia
- Wikipedia
- MedLands date of Birth: DIRK, son of ARNULF Count of Holland & his wife Liutgard de Luxembourg ([981/90]-27 May 1039)
Also See
- Thimo de Nijs en Eelco Beukers, 'Geschiedenis van Holland', Part I: 'Tot 1572' (Hilversum 2002)
- Encyclopedia: Grote Winkler Prins
- Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Line 100A-21
- Cordfunke, 'Graven en Gravinnen van het Hollandse Huis' (1991)
- Count Holland and Frisia, Chapter 2. COUNTS OF HOLLAND (900)-1299
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Dirk III (also called Dirik or Theodoric) was Count of Holland from 993 to 27 May 1039, until 1005 under regency of his mother. It is thought that Dirk III went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land around 1030, hence his nickname of Hierosolymita ('the Jerusalemite' in Latin).
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