Floris IV Count of Holland

1210 - 1234  (24 years)

• Name	Floris IV Count of Holland
  Birth	24 Jun 1210	's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Jul 1234	Corbie, Picardie, France
  Person ID	I5079	Database
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Willem I Count of Holland,   b. 1166, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. 4 Feb 1222, Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Adelaide van Gelre,   b. ~1178   d. 1218 (Age ~ 39 years)
  Family ID	F702	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Machteld van Brabant,   b. ~1195   d. 22 Dec 1267 (Age ~ 72 years)
  Children	1. Margaretha van Holland,   b. ~1225   d. 26 Mar 1277, Loosduinen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (Age ~ 51 years)     2. Aleida van Holland,   b. 1226, 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands d. 1284, Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Age 58 years)     3. Willem van Holland,   b. 1227, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. 1256, Hoogwoud, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (Age 29 years)     4. Floris van Holland,   b. 1228   d. 1258 (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F1542	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Floris IV (24 June 1210 -19 July 1234), Count of Holland from 1222 to 1234. He was born at The Hague, a son of William I of Holland and his first wife, Adelaide of Guelders. 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 II of Lippe, but helped him against the peasants of Drenthe in 1227. Floris fought against the Stedingers north of Bremen in 1234. On 19 July 1234, he was killed at a tournament in Corbie, France. He was buried at Rijnsburg Abbey.

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Jun 1210 - 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Death - 17 Jul 1234 - Corbie, Picardie, France  = Link to Google Earth