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HOLLAND COUNTY

(WEST FRIESLAND prior to 1101)

(present-day Netherlands)

FIRST HOUSE OF HOLLAND

The first Count, Dirk (otherwise Dietrich, Thierry, or Theodoric), was descended from the Vikings who had established a base in the delta in the 9th Century.

[HOLL251] Count Dietrich in Friesland m. ?
. [HOLL261] Count Gerulf I of Westergo m. --- de Corbie
. . [HOLL271] Count Gerulf II of Friesland m. ?
. . . [HOLL281] Count Dirk I of Holland m. Geva
. . . . [HOLL291] Dirk de Holland m. ?
. . . . . [HOLL301] Count Dirk II of Holland m. [FLAN302] Hildegard de Flanders
. . . . . . [HOLL311] Count Arnulf of Holland m. [LUXE312] Liutgard de Luxembourg
. . . . . . . [HOLL322] Aleida de Holland m1. [BOUL311] Count Baldwin of Boulogne
. . . . . . . [HOLL323] Aleida de Holland m2. [PONT311] Count Engherand I of Ponthieu
. . . . . . . [HOLL321] Count Dirk III of Holland m. [SNOR372] Othelindis von Haldensleben
. . . . . . . . [HOLL332] Suanehildis de Holland m. [LOOZ331] Count Immo III of Looz
. . . . . . . . [HOLL331] Count Floris I of Holland m. [SAX2352] Gertrude von Saxony
. . . . . . . . . [HOLL342] Bertha de Holland m. [CAPE341] King Philip I of France

42.  [HOLL251] Dietrich, Count in Friesland. He died 793.

41.  [HOLL261] Gerulf I the elder, Count of Westergo (839-), married --- de Corbie (daughter of 42. Walas de Corbie). He became a monk at Covey (856), where he died.

40.  [HOLL271] Gerulf II the younger [born presumably before 856] was Count of Friesland (c.889).

39.  [HOLL281] Dirk I (or Theoderic/Thierry) I (born c.890, son of Gerulf II [though other sources suggest his father was possibly Count Dirk of Kennemerland]) of Holland married Geva. He was 1st Count of Holland (916-39). Dirk was granted lands near Haarlem (922), in the district of Kennemerland. He died October 939.

38.  [HOLL291] Dirk was perhaps Count of Holland (939-c.947), but appears to have overlooked in various sources. However, if his suggested date of death (c.947) is out by say 10 years, then perhaps his son Dirk II became Count at the age of 9. It is possible also that it was this Dirk who married Geva, which would account for the Dirk (who married Geva) being the son of Dirk. The existence of this particular generation is therefore subject to doubt.

37.  [HOLL301] Dirk II (born c.930) married (c.945-50) [FLAN302] Hildegard (born c.934, see FLANDERS COUNTY). He was 2nd Count of Holland (939-88). He died at Egmond (6th May 988), and Hildegard died 10th April 990. The German biography says it is not certain "Obe er Sohn oder Enkel von Dietrich I" [i. e. whether he is son or grandson of Dietrich I].

36.  [HOLL311] Arnulf (born c.950-55) married (May 980) [LUXE312] Liutgard (see LUXEMBOURG COUNTY). He was 3rd Count of Holland (988-93). He was killed in battle at Winkel (West-Friesland), (18th September 993), and Liutgard died 14th May 1005.

32.  [HOLL321] Dirk III (born c.985, son of Arnulf), 4th Count of Holland (993-1039), married [SNOR372] Othelindis de Haldensleben (daughter of March Count Bernhard I, see NORDMARK (SAXON)). Dirk repulsed the DUKE OF LORRAINE in a famous battle on the dikes. He was the first to use the name of Holland in his title. (Holland, or Holt-land, means marshland.) He died 27th May 1039, and Othilde died 9th March 1044.

31.  [HOLL331] Florent (or Floris) I (born c.1017, son of Dirk III) married (c.1050) [SAX2352] Gertrude (born c.1030, see SAXONY (BILLUNG) NOBILITY). He was 6th Count of Holland (1049-61), succeeding his brother Dirk IV, 5th Count, who died unmarried. Floris was murdered at Hamerth (28th June 1061), and afterwards Gertrude married 2. (1063)  [FLAN341] Robert I the Frisian (see FLANDERS COUNTY), and died 4th August 1113.