Floris IV, Count of Holland
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–19 July 1234, Corbie
Corbie
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, France
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), Count
Count of Holland
The Counts of Holland ruled over the County of Holland in the Low Countries between the 10th and the 16th century.-House of Holland:The first count of Holland, Dirk I, was the son or foster-son of Gerolf, Count in Frisia...
of Holland
County of Holland
The County of Holland was a county in the Holy Roman Empire and from 1482 part of the Habsburg Netherlands in what is now the Netherlands. It covered an area roughly corresponding to the current Dutch provinces of North-Holland and South-Holland, as well as the islands of Terschelling, Vlieland,...
from 1222 to 1234. He was a son of William I of Holland
William I, Count of Holland
William I , Count of Holland from 1203 to 1222. He was the younger son of Floris III and Ada of Huntingdon.-Life:...
and Adelaide of Geldern.
Floris IV succeeded his father in 1222. His regent was Baldwin of Bentheim. He acquired the Land of Altena. He had constant disputes with the bishop of Utrecht, Otto of Lippe
Lippe
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, but helped him against the peasants of Drenthe
Drenthe
Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands, located in the north-east of the country. The capital city is Assen. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and Germany to the east.-History:Drenthe, unlike many other parts of the Netherlands, has been a...
in 1227. Floris was a real knight, who went on crusade against the Stedingers
Stedingen
Stedingen is an area north of Bremen in the delta of the Weser river in north-western Germany.-Founding:In the year 1106, five Dutchmen made a long journey from the mouth of the Rhine to Bremen. They wanted to talk to the Archbishop of Bremen about taking over settling land on the Weser River,...
north of Bremen in 1234. He died at a French tourney.
Family and children
Matilde of Brabant
Mathilde was the fourth child and daughter of Mathilde of Flanders and Henry I, Duke of Brabant. She married Henry II, Count Palatine of the Rhine in Aachen in 1212 and later married Floris IV, Count of Holland on December 6, 1214.Mathilde was a great-great-grandmother of Philippa of Hainault,...
, daughter of Duke Henry I of Brabant
Henry I, Duke of Brabant
Henry I of Brabant , named "The Courageous" Duke of Brabant and Duke of Lower Lotharingia until his death.-Biography:...
and Mathilde of Flanders
Mathilde of Flanders
Matilde of Flanders was the youngest daughter of Marie I, Countess of Boulogne and her husband Matthew, Count of Boulogne. Matilde was Duchess of Brabant, by her marriage to Henry I, Duke of Brabant.- Family :...
also referred to as Maud of Boulogne and Alsace. Their children were:
- William II, Count of Holland (1227–1256).
- Floris de VoogdFloris de VoogdFloris de Voogd "the guardian" of Holland, son of Floris IV, Count of Holland and Matilda of Brabant . He reigned temporarily for William II of Holland, King of the Romans, while the latter was engaged in Germany. After King William's death in 1256 he was guardian of Floris V, Count of Holland,...
(ca. 1228 – 1258), Regent of Holland in 1256–1258. - Adelaide of HollandAdelaide of HollandAdelaide of Holland or Aleide van Holland was a daughter of Floris IV, Count of Holland and Matilda of Brabant. She was also a sister of William II, Count of Holland and King of Germany...
(ca. 1230–1284), married, in Frankfurt am Main in 1246, Jean I of Avesnes, Count of Hainaut. Their descendants eventually inherited Holland. She was Regent of Holland in 1258–1263. - Margaret (d. 1277), married ca. 1249 to Count Hermann I of Henneberg.
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