Count Floris I of Holland

Male - 1061


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  • Name Floris I of Holland 
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    Born Vlaardingen, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 28 Jun 1061  Nederhemert, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Egmond, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floris_I,_Count_of_Holland

      Son of Dirk III and Othelindis, he was was Count of Holland, then called Frisia west of the Vlie, from 1049 to 1061. He succeeded his brother Dirk IV, Count of Holland, who was murdered in 1049.

      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:

      Dirk V (c. 1052, Vlaardingen - 17 June 1091).

      Bertha (c. 1055-1094, Montreuil-sur-Mer), who married Philip I of France in 1072.

      Floris (b. c. 1055), a canon at LiƩge.

      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.

      After his death, his wife, Gertrude, Robert the Frisian, Count of Flanders,who acted as regent for his stepson, Dirk V, until 1071 when he became Count of Holland.
    Person ID I35220  Master File
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2016 

    Family Gertrude of Saxony,   b. ca 1030,   d. 04 Aug 1113, Veurne, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Children 
     1. Bertha of Holland,   b. ABT. 1055, Vlaardingen, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1093, Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years)
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2016 
    Family ID F14538  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart