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Personal data Gerard III van Gelre 

• He was born about 1185.
• Title: Graaf, van Zutphen
• Title: Graaf, van Gelre
• He died on October 22, 1229 in Roermond, Limburg, Nederland.
• A child of Otto I van Gelre and Richardis van Beieren

Household of Gerard III van Gelre

He is married to Margaretha l van Brabant.

They got married

Child(ren):

1. Margaretha van Gelre - Brabant  ????-> 1237
2. Richardis van Gelre  ± 1218-± 1295 
3. Otto II van Gelre  ????-1271 

Notes about Gerard III van Gelre

GERHARD van Gelre, son of OTTO I Graaf van Gelre & his wife Richardis of Bavaria ([1185]-killed in battle 22 Oct 1229, bur Roermond Cistercian Abbey). The Kronik van Arent toe Bocop names "Gherrit" as the third son of "Otto…grave van Gelre" and his wife, adding that he succeeded his father[1070]. “Otto...Gelre comes” donated property to Bedbur, with the consent of “Richardis uxoris mee et heredum meorum...Gerardi, Ottonis sive Lodevici”, by charter dated 1203[1071]. He succeeded as GERHARD III Graaf van Gelre. “Gerhardus comes Gelrie et Zutphanie” donated property to the church of Zutphen St Walburgis, for the soul of “patris mei Ottonis”, with the consent of “matris mee Richardis et fratrum meorum Ottonis, Xanctensis prepositi, et Lodewici”, by charter dated 1207[1072]. The Chronologia Johannes de Beke records that "Gerardus comes Gelrie" was killed in battle[1073]. The Kronik van Arent toe Bocop records the death "toe Sutphen" 22 Oct 1229 of "Gherrit…grave van Gelre" and his burial "te Romonde"[1074].

m (contract Louvain 1206) MARGUERITE de Brabant, daughter of HENRI I "le Guerroyeur" Duke of Brabant & his first wife Mathilde de Flandre (-5 Apr or 21 Sep 1231, Roermond Cistercian Abbey). The Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ refers to the second of the four daughters of "Henricus dux" as the wife of "comes Gelrie" and mother of "Ottonem comitem de Gelre et Henricum episcopum Leodiensem et comitissam Iuliacensem"[1075]. The Oude Kronik van Brabant names "Mariam, conthoralem Ottonis Quartus Romanorum imperatoris, Aleydam comitssam Auernie, Margaretam comitissam Gerardi comitis Ghelrie et Mechteldim, primo quidem comitissam Palatinam Rheni, postea…comitissam Hollandie" as the daughters of "Henricus…primus, dux Lotharingie" and his wife "Mechteldim, filiam Mathei Boloniensis comitis"[1076]. The Kronik van Arent toe Bocop records that "Gherrit…grave van Gelre" married "Agerdis van Nassowen dochter"[1077], but this reference cannot be explained. The marriage contract between “Henricus dux Lotharingie...Margaretam filiam ducis” and “Otto comes Gelrie...Gerhardum filium comitis” is dated 1206[1078].

Gerhard III & his wife had four children:
OTTO (-10 Jan 1271, bur Grafenthal).
HENDRIK (-Franchimont 23 Apr 1285).  
MARGARETA (-after 12 Mar 1237). 
RICHARDIS (-[1293/98]).

Bronnen:

[1070] Kronijk van Arent toe Bocop, p. 110.

[1071] Sloet (1872), 404, p. 413.

[1072] Sloet (1872), 421, p. 428.

[1073] Chronologia Johannes de Beke 66c, p. 169.

[1074] Kronijk van Arent toe Bocop, p. 116.

[1075] Genealogia Ducum Brabantiæ Heredum Franciæ 7, MGH SS XXV, p. 390.

[1076] Oude Kronik van Brabant, Codex Diplomaticus Neerlandicus, Second Series (Utrecht 1855), deerde deel, Part 1, p. 62.

[1077] Kronijk van Arent toe Bocop, p. 111.

[1078] Sloet (1872), 414, p. 422.

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