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Floris "Count of Holland, Florent" Holland
(Abt 1016 - 22 Jun 1061)
[[Category: House of Holland]] [[Category: Descendants of Charlemagne]] [[Category:EuroAristo_-_Profiles_that_need_work]] }
==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.Entered by Living Large, Apr 5, 2013
==Children of Floris I (Holland)==: a) [[Holland-787|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
: b) [[Holland-788|Floris I Holland]] ( before 1061. Burial in Egmond).
: Floris (b. c. 1055), a canon in Liége.
: c) [[Holland-1096|Peter (Pieter) Holland]] (b. c. 1053), a canon in Liége.
: d) [[Holland-789|Bertha Holland]] (c. 1055–1094, Montreuil-sur-Mer), who married Philip I of France in 1072.
: e) [[Holland-4755|Adela Holland]] (b. ca. 1061), who married Count Baudouin I of Guînes.
Note: '''Possible other children''' : i. [[Holland-786|Floris II (Holland)]] Count of Holland (b. c. 1055), a canon at Liége.
: ii. [[Holland-1098|Machteld (Holland)]] (b. c. 1057) : iii. [[Holland-1095|Albrecht (Holland)]] (b. c. 1051), a canon in Liege.
: iv. [[Holland-4676|Theodore (Holland)]]
==Sources==
* Medlands
: [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HOLLAND.htm#DirkIIIdied1039B]
* Wikipedia
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floris_I %2C_Count_of_Holland]
*'''"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.
==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.Entered by Living Large, Apr 5, 2013
==Children of Floris I (Holland)==: a) [[Holland-787|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
: b) [[Holland-788|Floris I Holland]] ( before 1061. Burial in Egmond).
: Floris (b. c. 1055), a canon in Liége.
: c) [[Holland-1096|Peter (Pieter) Holland]] (b. c. 1053), a canon in Liége.
: d) [[Holland-789|Bertha Holland]] (c. 1055–1094, Montreuil-sur-Mer), who married Philip I of France in 1072.
: e) [[Holland-4755|Adela Holland]] (b. ca. 1061), who married Count Baudouin I of Guînes.
Note: '''Possible other children''' : i. [[Holland-786|Floris II (Holland)]] Count of Holland (b. c. 1055), a canon at Liége.
: ii. [[Holland-1098|Machteld (Holland)]] (b. c. 1057) : iii. [[Holland-1095|Albrecht (Holland)]] (b. c. 1051), a canon in Liege.
: iv. [[Holland-4676|Theodore (Holland)]]
==Sources==
* Medlands
: [http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HOLLAND.htm#DirkIIIdied1039B]
* Wikipedia
: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floris_I %2C_Count_of_Holland]
*'''"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.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1016 | Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands | |||
| Marriage | 1049 | Gertrude "Princess of Saxony" Billung | |||
| Death | 22 Jun 1061 | Nederhemert, Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands | |||
| Reference No | 1692546 | ||||
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| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Gertrude "Princess of Saxony" Billung (1028 - 1113) |
| Child | Berthe Holland (1056 - 1108) |
| Child | Count Albrecht Holland (1051 - ) |
| Child | Count Peter Holland (1053 - ) |
| Child | Floris Holland (1055 - 1060) |
| Child | Theodore "Count of West-Frisia, Count of Holland" Holland (1055 - 1091) |
| Child | Adèle Holland (1045 - 1087) |
| Child | Countess Machteld Holland (1057 - ) |
| Child | Adèle Holland (1045 - 1087) |
| Father | Dirk Holland (982 - 1039) |
| Mother | Othelendis Sachsen (995 - 1044) |