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Personal data Reinoud I van Gelre 

• Alternative name: de Strijdbare
• He was born in the year 1255 in Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland.
• Title: Graaf, van Gelre
• Title: Hertog van Limburg
• He died on October 9, 1326 in Montfort, Roerdalen, Limburg, Nederland, he was 71 years old.
• A child of Otto II van Gelre and Philippa de Dammartin

Household of Reinoud I van Gelre

(1) He is married to Margaretha van Vlaanderen.

They got married in the year 1286, he was 31 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Margareta van Gelre  1290-1331 
2. Reinoud II van Gelre  1295-1343 

(2) He is married to Irmgard (Ermengard) van Limburg.

They got married

Notes about Reinoud I van Gelre

REINALD van Gelre, son of OTTO II Graaf van Gelre & his second wife Philippa de Dammartin ([1255]-Montfort 9 Oct 1326, bur Grafenthal). The Kronik van Arent toe Bocop names "Rennolt" as the son of "Otto…grave van Gelre" and his second wife "Philippa, de grave van Syntpols dochter"[1115]. He succeeded as REINALD I Graaf van Gelre. "Theodericus comes Cliuensis" confirmed an alliance with "Reynaldus comes Gelrensis sororius noster" by charter dated 29 Dec 1277[1116]. "Reynaldus…comes Gelrensis dux Limburgensis et Irmengardis…comitissa et ducissa" granted privileges to Duisburg by charter dated 22 Mar 1279 (O.S.)[1117]. Rudolf I King of Germany granted "totam Friseam…Oestvrieslant" to "Reynaldo comite Gelrie", with the exception of the parts held by "comitem de Hollandia", by charter dated 29 Jul 1290[1118]. "Reynaldus comes Gelrensis" donated property to "cloester tsGrevendaell", for the souls of "pater suo domino Ottone quondam comite Gelrensi…matris sue domine Philippe et uxorum suarum domine Yrmegardis et domine Margarete comitissarum Gelrensium", by charter dated 20 May 1301[1119]. Heinrich VII King of Germany granted territory "inter Arnhem et Novamagium per Bethuam aggerem" {Betuwe} to "Reynaldi comitis Gelrie" by charter dated 19 Sep 1310[1120]. The fact that Reinald’s son issued charters in his own name, which do not specify the consent of his father, suggests that Graaf Reinald I may have been incapacitated in some way towards the end of his life and relinquished his powers in favour of his son. The Kronik van Arent toe Bocop records the death "op sonte Dionisius" in 1326 of "Rennolt…grave van Gelre"[1121].

m firstly ([1276]) ERMENGARD Dss of Limburg, daughter of WALERAN IV Duke of Limburg & his first wife Jutta von Kleve (-Jun 1283, bur Grafenthal). The Oude Kronik van Brabant names "Ermgardis…filia…Henrici ducis Lymburgensis" as wife of "Reynaldus comes Ghelrie"[1122]. After her father's death, her succession to Limburg was disputed by her first cousin Adolf V Graf von Berg, who sold his rights to Jean Duke of Brabant[1123]. "Reynaldus…comes Gelrensis dux Limburgensis et Irmengardis…comitissa et ducissa" granted privileges to Duisburg by charter dated 22 Mar 1279 (O.S.)[1124]. "Rudolphus…Romanorum rex" invested "ducissæ Limburgensis, uxoris…Reinoldi comitis Gelriæ,…patris sui…heres unica" with "ducatum Limburgensem" by charted dated 19 May 1282[1125]. The Kronik van Arent toe Bocop records that "Rennolt…grave van Gelre" married "hertig Walerams Limborrich’s dochter" who was childless, died 9 Jun 1290 and was buried "toe Groennendaell"[1126].

m secondly (Namur 3 Jul 1286) as her second husband, MARGUERITE de Flandre, widow of ALEXANDER Prince of Scotland, daughter of GUY de Dampierre Count of Flanders & his second wife Isabelle de Luxembourg (-after 17 Oct 1327, [1331?]). The Liber Pluscardensis records the marriage at Roxburgh in 1279 of "Alexander filius Alexandri tercii et…Margaretæ sororis Edwardi Langschankiæ regis Angliæ" and "filiam comitis Flandreæ"[1127]. The Kronik van Arent toe Bocop records that "Rennolt…grave van Gelre" married secondly "dye dochter van dye grave van Flanderen", naming her "Mergreta" in a later passage[1128]. The contract of marriage between "Renauls cuens de Ghelre et dus de Lemburgh" and "Guyon conte de Flandre et marchis de Namur et…dame Ysabel se feme…et noble damoisel Margherite fille dou conte et delle contesse devant ditte" is dated 21 Apr 1286[1129]. Pope John XXII permitted "nobili mulieri Margarete relicte quondam Raynaldi comitis Gelrensis" to choose her own confessor, dated 17 Oct 1327[1130]. The Kronik van Arent toe Bocop records that "dye gravinne van Gelre, Mergreta dochter van Flanderen" died in 1321 [incorrect date, should be 1331?] and was buried "toe Groenendaell"[1131].

Reinald I & his second wife had [six] children:
MARGARETA ([1290]-26 Jun 1331).
REINALD ([1295]-Arnhem 12 Oct 1343, bur Arnhem). Gelre.
GUIDO (-Arnhem after 1315).
PHILIPP . daughter Philippa.]
PHILIPPA (-Köln 23 Aug 1352).
ISABELLA (before Aug 1299-Köln 1354).

Bronnen:

[1115] Kronijk van Arent toe Bocop, p. 184. 

[1116] Codex Diplomaticus Neerlandicus, Second Series (Utrecht 1852), [eerste deel], Part 1, 1, p. 1. 

[1117] Niederrheins Urkundenbuch, Band II, 738, p. 435. 

[1118] Doorninck & Veen (1908), p. 3. 

[1119] Doorninck & Veen (1908), p. 401. 

[1120] Doorninck & Veen (1908), p. 13. 

[1121] Kronijk van Arent toe Bocop, p. 190. 

[1122] Oude Kronik van Brabant, p. 69. 

[1123] Gade (1951), p. 105. 

[1124] Niederrheins Urkundenbuch, Band II, 738, p. 435. 

[1125] Ernst (1847), Tome VI, CCXLV, p. 305. 

[1126] Kronijk van Arent toe Bocop, p. 188. 

[1127] Skene, F. J. H. (ed.) (1877) Liber Pluscardensis, Historians of Scotland Vol. VII (Edinburgh) Vol. I, Liber VII, CXXX, p. 108. 

[1128] Kronijk van Arent toe Bocop, pp. 188 and 190. 

[1129] Ernst (1847), Tome VI, CCLXIX, p. 331. 

[1130] Rheinlande Vatikanischen, Band II, 1309, p. 85. 

[1131] Kronijk van Arent toe Bocop, p. 190. 

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