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Personal data Ada (Adelheid) van Huntington (van Schotland) 

  • She was born in the year 1145.
  • (Geschiedenis) .Source 1
    Ada van Schotland of Ada van Huntingdon (ca. 1145 – 1204) was prinses van Schotland en gravin van Holland. Zij was een dochter van Hendrik van Schotland, 3e graaf van Huntingdon en zuster van de Koningen Malcolm IV en William I van Schotland.

    Na de dood van Floris steunde Ada de opstand van haar zoon Willem tegen haar kleindochter Ada. Ze werd begraven in Middelburg.
  • (Levens event) .Source 2
    Ada of Huntingdon (c.?1146 – after 1206) was a Scottish noblewoman and Countess of Holland by marriage.

    Ada was born in Scotland, the daughter of Henry of Huntingdon (1114–1152) and Ada de Warenne (died c.?1178). Henry was the son of King David I of Scotland and Maud, Countess of Huntingdon, and Ada's siblings include the Scottish kings Malcolm IV and William the Lion.

    In 1162 she was asked for her hand in marriage to Floris III, Count of Holland (c.?1132–1190) by the Abbot of Egmond, Holland. Together, the Abbot and Ada traveled back to Holland, where the wedding ceremony occurred, probably in Egmond, on 28 August 1162. Ada received the County of Ross in the Scottish Highlands as a wedding gift.

    Ada was not actively involved in the governance of the County of Holland but was occasionally mentioned in documents. Floris, her husband was a loyal ally of the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II, and often went with him into battle. Dutch chronicler Melis Stoke states that she supported her son in the war with William of Cleves during the War of Succession. In addition, Ada is known to have read Latin. Ada died after 1206 and was probably buried in the Abbey of Middelburg, to which she had already made donations of £64.

    Ada and Floris had 8 or 10 children, of whom some died young,
  • She died after 1204.
  • She is buried in Middelburg.
  • A child of Hendrik van Schotland and Ada van Warenne
  • This information was last updated on February 13, 2013.

Household of Ada (Adelheid) van Huntington (van Schotland)

She is married to Floris III van Holland.

They got married on September 28, 1161, she was 16 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  1. Adelheid van Holland  1161-1205 
  3. Dirk VII van Holland  1163-1203 
  4. Margaretha van Holland  1164-> 1203 
  6. Floris van Holland  1167-1210
  7. Balduin van Holland  1168-1204
  8. Robert van Holland  1169-????
  9. Beatrix van Holland  1171-????
  11. Hedwig van Holland  1175-????
  12. Agnes van Holland  1178-1228

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    Sources

    1. http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_van_Schotland
    2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_of_Huntingdon
    3. http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floris_III

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