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Gerhard von Geldern Wassenberg II
- Preferred Name: Gerhard von Geldern Wassenberg II[1] [2]
- Alternate Name: von Wassenberg
- Gender: M
- Burial: in Kirche St. Georg, Waldfeucht, Wassenberg, Kreis Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland at LATI: N1.1006 LONG: E0.1552
- Death: 16 OCT 1133 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland at LATI: N2.1314 LONG: E0.2313 with note: 24 octobre 1131 ?
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Graaf van GelreBET 1129 AND 1133
- Birth: 1086 in Wassenberg, Kreis Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duitsland at LATI: N1.1006 LONG: E0.1552 with note: 1090 ?
- FSID: LTDN-HR3
- Nickname:
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
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Gerhard von Wassenberg, graaf van Gelre
Also Known As: "Gerard 'de Lange' van Wassenberg Gelre II", "Gerard II 'de Lange' van Gelre" Birthdate: circa 1086 Birthplace: Wassenberg, Koeln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Death: October 24, 1131 (40-49) Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands Place of Burial: Wassenberg Wald Friedhof, Waldfeucht, Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Immediate
Family:
Son of Count Gerard van Wassenberg, IV and Clémence d'Aquitaine, De Limbourg Arlon
Husband of Ermengarde of Zutphen
Father of
Hendrik I, count of Guelders;
Salome van Gelre-Zutphen;
Gerhard van Gelre Wassenberg, III and
Adelheid van Gelre
Brother of Judith van Gelder Wassenberg; Adelheid von Wassenberg, Grafin von van Tecklenburg; Yolande van Gelre, Vrouwe van Dodewaard en Dalen, von Wassenberg, Grafin von Gelre von Wassenberg, Countess of Hennegau and N.N. Gerhardsdotter van Heinsberg Half brother of Ermesinde II, Comtesse de Luxembourg Occupation: Count, Graaf van Gelre van 1129 tot 1131 (ook Gerard IV van Wassenberg)
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Gerard II van Gelre (circa 1090 -16 oktober 1133). Hij was de zoon van Gerard I van Gelre en Clementia van Aquitanië. Gerard was als Gerard V heer van Wassenberg en als Gerard II graaf van Gelre 1129 tot zijn dood. Gerard ligt begraven in de kerk van Wassenberg.
Hij trouwde in 1116 met Ermgard van Zutphen, de erfdochter van het graafschap Zutphen (gebied ten oosten van de IJssel en talrijke buitenposten in Friesland, Westfalen en het Rijnland).
Ermgard van Zutphen († 1138) Ermgard was de dochter van graaf Otto II van Zutphen uit zijn tweede huwelijk met Judith van Arnstein. Na het kinderloze overlijden van haar broer Hendrik I werd Ermgard in 1118 gravin van Zutphen haar dood in 1138. Gerard en Ermgard kregen drie kinderen:
1 Adelheid, trouwde met graaf Ekbert van Tecklenburg.
2 Hendrik I (-1182), graaf van Gelre en Zutphen.
3 Salomea (-1167), trouwde met graaf Hendrik I van Wildeshausen
Ermgard hertrouwde na de dood van Gerard II in 1134 met graaf Koenraad II van Luxemburg (-1136). Dit huwelijk bleef kinderloos.
=== #Générale# Comte de Gueldre. ===
#Générale# Comte de Gueldre.
=== SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.27; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.170;
=== Ancestral File Number: FGZ0-X7 From ===
Ancestral File Number: FGZ0-X7 From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== !#552-v6-t60; ===
!#552-v6-t60;
=== Gf. v. Geldern 1117, Gf. v. Zütphen 1129 ===
Gf. v. Geldern 1117, Gf. v. Zütphen 1129
=== urk. 1074-1096 ===
urk. 1074-1096
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
=== ! Europaasche Stammtafeln neue folge Vol ===
! Europaasche Stammtafeln neue folge Vol 6 tafel 25;
=== urk. 1138-1139 ===
urk. 1138-1139
=== Heer van Wickerode, voogd van Prum en Kn ===
Heer van Wickerode, voogd van Prum en Knechtstaden, vermeld 1094-1136,stichtte de kerk te Hamborn.
=== !Aristocratic & Royal Ancestors GS 929.2 ===
!Aristocratic & Royal Ancestors GS 929.242 H249t p. 334
=== !Europaasche Stammttafeln neue folge (55 ===
!Europaasche Stammttafeln neue folge (552) vol 8 tafel 101; ! Europaasche Stammtafeln neue folge Vol 6 tafel 25;
=== !#552-v7-t140; ===
!#552-v7-t140;
=== !Count of Guelders in 1100. hrb !Count o ===
!Count of Guelders in 1100. hrb !Count of Guelders in 1100. hrb !Count of Guelders in 1100. hrb !Count of Guelders in 1100. hrb
=== !GENERAL:Pedigree Resource File CD 4, Pe ===
!GENERAL:Pedigree Resource File CD 4, Pedigree Resource File CD 4, (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999) !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
=== !Aristocratic & royal Ancestors GS 929.2 ===
!Aristocratic & royal Ancestors GS 929.242 H249t p. 373. The Counts of Guelders are very confused. ARA takes them back a possible 4 generations, two of them having no name, but they are not included here since Clemence, wife of Gerhard was married first to Konrad I of Luxemburg. !Andersons Royal Genealogies Q929.2Ann23s
=== 1052 Gf. i. d. Betuve u. i. Teisterbant, ===
1052 Gf. i. d. Betuve u. i. Teisterbant, 1057 Gf. i. Roergau, 1067 Gf. i. Hattuariergau, urk. 1042-1067, 1082 tot
=== !FTM Vol 11, tree #4329. ===
!FTM Vol 11, tree #4329.
=== Count of Guelders ===
Count of Guelders
=== Herr v. Wickerode, Vogt v. Prüm u. Knech ===
Herr v. Wickerode, Vogt v. Prüm u. Knechtstaden, Stifter der Kirche zu Hamborn, urk. 1094-1137,
=== Gf. v. Rieneck u. Burggf. v. Mainz, urk. ===
Gf. v. Rieneck u. Burggf. v. Mainz, urk. 1084-1106
=== Note: Donated a chapel at Ellekom to the ===
Note: Donated a chapel at Ellekom to the church at Zutphen.
Sources:
1. Title: Leo's Genealogics Website (Leo van de Pas), www.genealogics.org
Page: Gerhard van Wassenberg
2. Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968
Page: 19
Text: Gerard I Comte de Gueldre
3. Title: Leo's Genealogics Website (Leo van de Pas), www.genealogics.org
Page: Ermgard von Zutphen, Heiress of Zutphen
=== !Andersons Royal Genealogies Q929.2Ann23 ===
!Andersons Royal Genealogies Q929.2Ann23s
Preferred Parents:
Father: Gerhard von Wassenberg I of guelders, b. ABT 1055 in Nistelrode, Brabant, Niederlande d. BET 1129 AND 26 OCT 1137 in Wassenberg Schloss, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Mother: Clemence d'Aquitaine, b. ABT 1048 in Poitiers, France d. 4 JAN 1142 in Wassenberg, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Family 1: Ermengarde of Zutphen , b. 1091/95 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland d. 1138/45 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Salome von Geldern-Zutphen, b. 1125 in Geldern, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland d. 1167 in Wildeshausen, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen
- Henry von Geldern I, b. 27 MAY 1117 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands d. 4 SEP 1182 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
Sources:
- Title: Gerhard I von Wassenburg, Graf von Gelre, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HOLLAND.htm#GerhardIGelderndied1138B [See document in the Memories section]
Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/121024230;
Note: Gerhard von Wassenburg, Graf von Gelre, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HOLLAND.htm#GerhardIGelderndied1138B [See document in the Memories section]
Page: Gerhard von Wassenburg, Graf von Gelre, in the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy ~https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HOLLAND.htm#GerhardIGelderndied1138B [See document in the Memories section]
- Title: Gerhard II von Geldern, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1V-LC7P : 10 August 2022), Gerhard II von Geldern, ; Burial, Waldfeucht, Landkreis Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Wassenberg Wald Friedhof; citing record ID 146456273, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1V-LC7P;
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