Floris I (Holland) van Holland
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Floris (Holland) van Holland (abt. 1016 - 1061)

Floris (Floris I) "Graaf van Holland, Florent" van Holland formerly Holland
Born about in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederlandmap
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Husband of — married 1049 [location unknown]
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Died at about age 45 in Nederhemert, Gelderland, Nederlandmap
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Biography

Floris I of Holland (born ca. 1010-21 in Vlaardingen - killed June 28, 1061 in Gelderland, Netherlands) was Count of Holland (which was called Frisia at that time) from 1049 to 1061. He was a son of Dirk III and Othelindis.

He succeeded his brother Dirk IV who was murdered in 1049. He was involved in a war of a few Lotharingian vassals against the imperial authority. On a retreat from Zaltbommel he was ambushed and killed in battle at Nederhemert (called Hamerth at the time), on 28 June 1061.

Family and children

He married ca. 1050 Princess Gertrude of Saxony, daughter of Bernard II, Duke of Saxony and Eilika of Schweinfurt, and had at least three children by her:

Note: Gertrude married secondly in 1063 Robert the Frisian, Count of Flanders, who also acted as guardian for the children of her previous marriage and as regent for his stepson until 1071.

Children of Floris I (Holland)

  1. Dirk V Count of Holland, (c. 1050-55, Vlaardingen–17 June 1091). Dirk V Holland was succeeded by Floris II upon his death in 1091
  2. Floris I van Holland ( before 1061. Burial in Egmond)/ Floris (b. c. 1055), a canon in Liége.
  3. Peter (Pieter) van Holland (b. c. 1053), a canon in Liége.
  4. Bertha Holland (c. 1055–1094, Montreuil-sur-Mer), who married Philip I of France in 1072.
  5. Adela Holland (b. ca. 1061), who married Count Baudouin I of Guînes.

Note: Possible other children

  1. Floris II (Holland) Count of Holland (b. c. 1055), a canon at Liége.
  2. Machteld (van Holland) (b. c. 1057)
  3. Albrecht (van Holland) (b. c. 1051), a canon in Liege.
  4. Theodore (van Holland)

Research

The British Museum lists his birth year as 1025.[1], but without any further citations as evidence.

Sources

  1. British Museum
  • Royal Ancestry" Douglas Richardson, 2013, Vol. III. page 19' Philippe I Of France, King of France, 1060-1108, married (1st) in 1072 Bertha Of Holland, daughter of Florenz (or Florent) I, Count of Holland and Westfriesland, by Gertrude, daughter of Berthold II, Duke of Saxony.




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posted by Doug Lockwood

Rejected matches › Robert Flandre (abt.1033-1093)

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