Arnulf, Count of Holland

Arnulf of Holland (also Arnulf of Ghent) (* 955, † November 18 993 in angle) was Count of Holland or West Friesland and Viscount of Ghent.

Family

He came from the family of Gerulfinger and was a son of Count Dietrich II of Holland and Hildegard of Flanders. She was a daughter of Count Arnulf I of Flanders. His brother was Egbert, Archbishop of Trier. He himself was married to a Liutgard, daughter of Count Siegfried of Luxembourg. She was a sister of the Empress Cunegonde. From this marriage Dietrich III. , Sigfried and Aleida went out.

Life

Arnulf is said to have Otto II accompanied to Italy 983. He stepped in 988 succeeded his father. However, this proved to be sometimes difficult. He was not only one of the most powerful Lehnsnehmer the Ottoman house in the area between the Rhine and the Scheldt estuary, but also held a fief of the French crown, and was also used as a port of Ghent and Wikgraf of great importance. Because he his father also followers of the Ottos was like, it came into conflict with Hugh Capet. This devastated areas of Arnulf and enfeoffed him but not his son Theodoric III. with the French possessions. Mid-May 988 talking Otto III. and Empress Theophano on in between Hugh Capet and Karl competitive area of Lower Lorraine. To the court of Vienna to the Empress and the big players in the region came from. These were notably Mark Gottfried Count of Verdun and Arnulf of Holland, West Friesland and Ghent. There probably after the death of his father by Hugh Capet fallen into confusion lehnsrechtlichen conditions Arnulf were clarified. He had a large Allodbesitz and sought to expand his possession. He also made the Egmond Abbey rich donations. Due to the familial relationship to his wife Empress Theophano, the abbey came about in the possession of numerous Greek and Latin writings. In his time there was heavy fighting with the Frisians. He fell in battle at angle against the Frisians.