Swanhilde (Holland) van Loon (abt. 1023 - aft. 1093)

Born about 1023 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

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Biography

Source needed to explain how the parents of Suanhilde and Bertrada are known?

Swanhilde is known firstly through a record concerning her sister. MEDLANDS (June 2016):

The Annalista Saxo names "Bertrada, soror Suanehildis comitisse de castro quod dicitur Lon in Hasbania, cuius filius fuit Arnoldus comes Mogotiensis prefectus" as wife of Graf Dietrich (identified as Dietrich I Graf von Katlenburg)^[1]

No record explicitly names her husband, but Count Emmo of Loon is widely accepted, because he is known to be the father of Count Arnold/Arnulf I of Loon, who became markgraf of Mainz (comes Mogotiensis prefectus) in 1008 through his own marriage. (So his son Arnold II of Loon can not be intended, not only for chronological reasons, but also because his mother is known.)

A confirmation of her existence and death is in the necrologium of Liège Saint-Jacques, where the counts of Loon were vogd:

Spannehildis comitissima de Los, pro qua habemus II solidos

Verdonk argues she died after 1093 because her death appears to be registered in the necrologium at Maria-Laach, in the Eifel, which had been started about then. It mentions the same day as the necrologium in Liège, 31 March, and calls her Swanhilde comitissa.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ MEDLANDS link for Emmo
2. ↑ Verdonk ‘De Herkomst van de Heren van Herlaer’ link

See also

http://www.connectedbloodlines.com/getperson.php?personID=I15447&tree=lowell

Acknowledgment

• WikiTree profile Holland-1103 created through the import of mike_walton_2011.ged on Aug 20, 2011 by Mike Walton.
• This person was created through the import of Acrossthepond.ged on 21 February 2011.
• WikiTree profile Von Holland-2 created through the import of steinwachs.ged on Dec 13, 2011 by Wolfgang Steinwachs.