Floris I of Holland

1019 - 1061  (42 years)

• Name	Floris I of Holland
  Birth	1019
  Gender	Male
  Death	1061
  Person ID	I1613	Database
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	Dirk III van Holland,   b. 981   d. 1039 (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Othelindis van de Noordmark,   b. 1001   d. 1044 (Age 43 years)
  Family ID	F712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Gertrudis of Saxony Billung,   b. 1030   d. 1113 (Age 83 years)
  Children	1. Dirk V of Holland,   b. 1052   d. 1091 (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Floris I of Holland (1019-1061) Floris I of Holland (born in Vlaardingen - killed June 28, 1061 in Gelderland) was Count of Holland (which was called Frisia at that time) from 1049 to 1061. 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 June1061. Family and children In c. 1050 he married Princess Gertrude of Saxony, daughter of Bernard II, Duke of Saxony and Eilika of Schweinfurt, and had at least three children by her: 1. Dirk V (c. 1052, Vlaardingen–17 June 1091). 2. Bertha (c. 1055–1094, Montreuil-sur-Mer), who married Philip I ofFrance. 3. Floris (b. c. 1055), a canon at Liége. 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.