Ancestral Trails 2016 » FLORIS II OF HOLLAND (1085-????)

Personal data FLORIS II OF HOLLAND 

• He was born in the year 1085 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
• Title: Canon at Liege
• (Alternative Name) : Florent of Holland.
• He died on March 2, 1120/21 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, he was 35 years old.
• A child of DIETRICH IV OF HOLLAND and OTHELHILDE

Household of FLORIS II OF HOLLAND

He is married to PETRONILLA de LORRAINE.

They got married in the year 1113 at Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, he was 28 years old.

Child(ren):

1. DIETRICH VI HOLLAND  1114-1157 

Notes about FLORIS II OF HOLLAND

Floris II, Count of Holland (or Floris the Fat) (born ca. 1085 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; reigned 1091 - March 2, 1121) was the first from the native dynasty of Holland to be called Count of Holland.

He was the son of his predecessor Dirk V and Othilde. Floris II ended the conflict with the Bishop of Utrecht (which he inherited from his father, and should be seen in light of the power struggle between the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor), most likely by becoming his vassal. In 1101 he was endowed with the title of Count of Holland by the bishop of Utrecht, after acquiring Rhineland (Leiden and surroundings) ('comes de Hollant', up until that time the counts' dominion had been officially referred to as Frisia).

Around 1108, Floris II married Gertrude, the daughter of Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine. Gertrude changed her name to Petronila (which is derived from Peter), in recognition of her loyalty to the Holy See. Petronila and Floris II had four children, three boys and one girl: Dirk, Floris, Simon and Hedwig, respectively. Dirk became his successor, Dirk VI of Holland, while Floris became known as Floris the Black and contested his brother's power.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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