Floris I Count of Holland

• Preferred Name: Floris I Count of Holland^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: in Egmond-Binnen, North Holland, Netherlands at LATI: N2.5949 LONG: E0.656
  
• Death: 28 JUN 1061 in Nederhemert, Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands at LATI: N1.7684 LONG: E0.1583 with note: more info
  
• FSID: LYYN-GWQ
  
• Birth: ABT 1017 in Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands at LATI: N1.9109 LONG: E0.3434
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Floris I (born c. 1017 in Vlaardingen-28 June 1061) was count of Holland, then called Frisia west of the Vlie, from 1049 to 1061.
  
  Floris was born in Vlaardingen. He was a son of Dirk III and Othelindis. Floris succeeded his brother Dirk IV, who was murdered in 1049. He married c. 1050 Gertrude, daughter of Duke Bernard II of Saxony, and had at least three children with her: Dirk V (c. 1052-1091), Bertha (c. 1055\ 1094), who became queen of France; and Floris (born c. 1055), who became a canon at Liége.
  
  Floris 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 Hamerth on 28 June 1061. His son Dirk V succeeded him. In 1063 Gertrude married Robert I of Flanders, who ruled Frisia as regent and acted as guardian for her children with Floris.
  
  «b»Family and children«/b»
  He married ca. 1050 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, 7 June 1091).
  
  2.) Bertha (c. 1055-1094, Montreuil-sur-Mer), who married Philip I of France in 1072.
  
  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.
  
  Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors Arnoul de Picquigny1 Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 M, #6016 Father Eustace de Picquigny, Vidame d'Amiens b. c 1046, d. 1085 Mother Blanche de Domart2 b. c 1064, d. 1117 Arnoul de Picquigny married Clémence de Ponthieu, daughter of Sir Guy de Ponthieu, Abbot of Forest-Montier and Ade d' Amiens, circa 1085.2 Family 1 Child (Miss) de Picquigny+ (Rènate de Crécy?) Family 2 Clémence de Ponthieu b. c 1065, d. 1115 Child Melisinde de Picquigny
  
  === Biography ===
  Floris I of Holland (born ca. 1010-21 in Vlaardingen - killed June 28, 1061 in Gelderland, Netherlands) was Count of Holland (which was called Frisia at that time) from 1049 to 1061. He was a son of Dirk III and Othelindis.
  
  He succeeded his brother Dirk IV who was murdered in 1049. 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 June 1061.

• m. 1050

1. Dirk Count of Holland V, b. 1051 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland     d. 17 JUN 1091 in Egmond, North Holland, Netherlands
2. Mathilde VAN HOLLANDE, b. ABT 1057 in Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands     d. 4 NOV 1110 in Gudensberg, Germany

1. Title: Dirk III, Dirk IV, Floris I, and Dirk V, Counts of Holland, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HOLLAND.htm#DirkIIIdied1039A [See document in the Memories section]
   Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/121694962;
   Note: Dirk III, Dirk IV, Floris I, and Dirk V, Counts of Holland, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HOLLAND.htm#DirkIIIdied1039A [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Dirk III, Dirk IV, Floris I, and Dirk V, Counts of Holland, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HOLLAND.htm#DirkIIIdied1039A [See document in the Memories section]
   
2. Title: Wikipedia article(nl): Floris I van Holland
   Publication: Name: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floris_I_van_Holland;
   Note: Floris I from Holland Floris I about 1030-1061 Floris I, Count of Holland, by Hendrik van Heessel.jpg Count of Holland Period 1049-1061 Pastor Dirk IV of Holland Successor Dirk V of Holland + regent Geertruida van Saksen Father Dirk III of Holland Mother Othelhild Dynasty Hollandse Huis Floris I (ca. 1025 - Nederhemert, June 28, 1061) was a Frisian count (comes Fresonum) who from 1049 to 1061 was in charge of the areas that would later become known as the county of Holland. He succeeded his brother Dirk IV after his death in 1049. History [edit] The brother of Floris was killed by an army of the bishops of Utrecht, Metz and Liège. Count Dirk was childless and his younger brother was heir, but initially had to flee. Once Floris was appointed count, the relationship with the emperor and the bishops remained bad. Floris was in conflict with the emperor about the toll on the Merwede (probably at Vlaardingen, so downstream from the current Merwede). Moreover, he tried to expand his property in the river land and therefore came into conflict with Bishop Willem van Cuijk. In 1058, Regent Agnes gave bishop Willem van Cuijk of Utrecht, Henry II of Leuven, Wichard van Gelder, Anno II archbishop of Cologne, Diederik bishop of Liege and Egbert I van Meißen, the Margrave of Friesland (Friesland and Groningen), order Floris to call order. The first real battle was fought in 1061 at Oudheusden. The Frisian army of Floris was heavily in the minority and therefore had prepared the battlefield with large numbers of pitfalls. In this way his opponents were in great confusion and a large number of them were immediately put out of action. Floris then easily won the battle. The next battle took place on 28 June 1061 at Nederhemert. Floris attacked the troops of Cologne, Brunswick and Cuijk and managed to scare them quickly. The Frisians then rested in the shade of the trees along the Meuse. Herman van Cuijk, Viscount of Utrecht, regrouped his troops and attacked the unsuspecting army. Floris was killed along with hundreds of his men. Floris was originally buried in the first abbey of Egmond. He is now after excavation in the new mausoleum in the Abbey of Egmond, which was rebuilt in 1935 - although it is doubted whether the skeleton found in 1935 was from Floris. Floris married Geertruida van Saksen. She was the daughter of Bernhard II, Duke of Saxony, and Eilika of Schweinfurt. Their children were: Dirk V of Holland (1054-1091) Floris, who died at a young age in Liège, where he might have been sent for his upbringing Bertha van Holland (about 1058-1094), married to Philip I of France possibly Adelheid (1045-1085), married to Boudewijn I van Guînes
   
3. Title: Bernhard I and Bernhard II, Dukes of Saxony, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAXONY.htm#BernhardIdied1011B [See document in the Memories section]
   Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/119817362;
   Note: Bernhard I and Bernhard II, Dukes of Saxony, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAXONY.htm#BernhardIdied1011B [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Bernhard I and Bernhard II, Dukes of Saxony, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAXONY.htm#BernhardIdied1011B [See document in the Memories section]
   
4. Title: Web: International, Find A Grave Index
   Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/70699/records/4292109;
   
5. Title: Ancestry Family Trees
   Author: Ancestry Family Tree
   
6. Title: Robert, Count of Flanders, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLANDERS,%20HAINAUT.htm#RobertIdied1093A [See document in the Memories section]
   Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLANDERS,%20HAINAUT.htm#RobertIdied1093A;
   Note: Robert, Count of Flanders, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLANDERS,%20HAINAUT.htm#RobertIdied1093A [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Robert, Count of Flanders, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLANDERS,%20HAINAUT.htm#RobertIdied1093A [See document in the Memories section]
   
7. Title: Floris I of Holland, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-SFZT : 12 June 2020), Floris I of Holland, 1061; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLW-SFZT;
   
8. Title: Wikipedia article (en): Floris I, Count of Holland
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floris_I,_Count_of_Holland;
   Note: Floris I of Holland (born c. 1017 in Vlaardingen – killed June 28, 1061 in Guelders (Gelderland), Netherlands was Count of Holland, then called Frisia west of the Vlie, from 1049 to 1061. He was a son of Dirk III and Othelindis. He succeeded his brother Dirk IV, Count of Holland, who was murdered in 1049. 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 June 1061. Family and children[edit] He married ca. 1050 Gertrude of Saxony, daughter of Bernard II, Duke of Saxony and Eilika of Schweinfurt, and had at least three children by her: Dirk V (c. 1052, Vlaardingen – 17 June 1091). Bertha (c. 1055–1094, Montreuil-sur-Mer), who married Philip I of France in 1072.[1] Floris (b. c. 1055), a canon at Liége. Gertrude married secondly in 1063 Robert the Frisian, Count of Flanders,[1] who also acted as guardian for the children of her previous marriage and as regent for his stepson until 1071.
   Page: Sources show the Bertha of Holland, Queen of France's father is Floris I, Count of Holland. The birth year that was chosen showed that this figure (Florens I. von Holland Graf von Holland) was born over 100 years after he died?