Gerard von Geldern III

• Preferred Name: Gerard von Geldern III^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 22 OCT 1229 in Roermond, Limburg, Nederland at LATI: N1.191 LONG: E0.9884 with note:
  
• Birth: 1185 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland at LATI: N2.1314 LONG: E0.2313 with note:
  
• Burial: OCT 1229 in Roermond, Limburg, Nederland at LATI: N1.191 LONG: E0.9884
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Graaf van GelreBET 1207 AND 1229
  
• FSID: LDMJ-KZ9
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Gerard III of Guelders (1185-22 October 1229) was the Count of Guelders and Zutphen from 1207 until his death in 1229. He was a son of Count Otto I of Guelders, and is sometimes called Gerard IV or Gerard V. He married Margaretha of Brabant, the daughter of Duke Hendrik I of Brabant, in 1206.
  
  «b»Life«/b»
  Gerard was an influential knight in the court of emperor Frederick II, but fell out of grace and the emperor destroyed Roermond in 1213 after a conflict between them. He fought the Bishop of Utrecht Otto II of Lippe over Salland, but supported the Bishop in the Battle of Ane. He was captured in this battle in 1227. The chronicle of Johannes de Beke mentions that Gerard was killed in battle. Another source mentions that Gerard was killed in a battle at Zutphen in 1229.
  
  «b»Family«/b»
  Gerard was a son of Count Otto I of Guelders and Richardis of Bavaria. He married Margaret of Brabant, the daughter of Henry I, Duke of Brabant, and Matilda of Flanders.
  
  «b»They had four children:«/b»
  1.) Otto II, Count of Guelders, married first Margaret of Cleves, daughter of Dietrich IV, Count of Cleves and his first wife Mathilde von Dinslaken. Married second Philippe of Dammartin, daughter of Simon of Dammartin, Count of Aumâle and his wife Marie, Countess of Ponthieu.
  
  2.) Henry III of Guelders, Bishop of Liège
  
  3.) Margaret of Guelders
  
  4.) Richardis of Guelders, married William IV, Count of Jülich.
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  Gerhard IV. von Geldern (* um 1185; † 22. Oktober 1229) war von 1207 bis zu seinem Tod Graf von Geldern.
  
  Gerhard IV. war ein Sohn des Grafen Otto I. von Geldern. 1206 heiratete er in Löwen Margareta von Brabant, eine Tochter des Herzogs Heinrich I. von Brabant und Schwägerin des Kaisers Otto IV. Sie hatten zusammen die Kinder Otto II. von Geldern, (um 1215 bis 1271), Heinrich (später Bischof von Lüttich; † 23. April 1285), Margareta († vor 1251), Ricarda († 1293/98).
  
  Gerhard IV. konnte die geldrische Machtposition durch den Zugewinn mehrerer Rheinzölle und des Zolls im Bistum Utrecht sowie von Anteilen am bischöflichen Zehnten weiter stärken. Mit Holland, Brabant und den Erzbischöfen von Köln gab es Auseinandersetzungen. Im deutschen Thronstreit hielt Gerhard IV. treu zu den Staufern.
  
  Gerhard IV. und Margareta liegen in der Münsterkirche zu Roermond begraben.
  
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  === Still Living. ===
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• m. 1204 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands

1. Richardis of Guelders , b. 1221 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands     d. 1293 in Jülich, Rheinland, HRR

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