Floris I, Count of Holland

Florence I. (* 1020, † June 18, 1061 ) was Count of Holland.

He was the son of Count Dietrich III. of Holland and the Othelendis of Haldensleben, daughter of Margrave Bernard I of the Nordmark.

Life

Florens I or Floris I, as he was known in Holland, was born in 1020. He took over the government from the late 1049 by his brother Dietrich IV He submitted to the Emperor Henry III. and could thus claim his inheritance. He continued the tradition has become feuds. On June 18, 1061 he was murdered by Margrave Egbert I of Brunswick - Meissen from rivalry to Friesland.

Marriage and issue

He married 1050 Gertrude Billung of Saxony ( * 1035, † August 4, 1113 ), daughter of Duke Bernhard II, with whom he had the following children.:

  • Dietrich V. (c. 1051; † June 17, 1091 )
  • Bertha (* 1055, † 1094 ) ∞ 1071 Philip I, King of France (* 1052, † July 29, 1108 )
  • Adele ∞ Baldwin I, Count of Guines († 1092/96 ) (House Guines )
  • Albert, canon
  • Florens, canon
  • Peter, canon
  • Unknown
  • Unknown
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