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• Hij is geboren rond 982.
• Titel: Count of Westfriesland
• (Source URL) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_III,_Count_of_Holland.
• (Source URL) : https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HOLLAND.htm#DirkIIIdied1039A.
• Hij is overleden op 27 mei 1039 in Egmond, Netherlands.
• Een kind van Arnulf of Holland en Lutgardis of Luxemburg
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 10 maart 2021.

Gezin van Dirk III of Holland ~S~

Hij had een relatie met Othelildis von Haldensleben.

Kind(eren):

1. Floris I of Holland  ± 1017-1061 

Notities over Dirk III of Holland ~S~

Dirk III (also called Diederik or Theodoric) wasCount of Holland from 993 to May 27, 1039, until 1005 under regencyof his mother. It is thought that Dirk III went on pilgrimage to theHoly Land around 1030, hence his nickname of Hierosolymita.
Thearea over which Dirk ruled was called Holland for the first time onlyin 1101 and was usually known as West Friesland at this time. Theactual title of Count Dirk III was Count in Friesland. Western Frisiawas very different from the area (North and South Holland) of today.Most of the territory was boggy and subject to constant flooding andbecause of this very sparsely populated. The main areas of habitationwere in the dunes at the coast and on heightened areas near therivers.
Count Dirk was a member of the house of Holland, animportant family within Germany at that time. His mother, Luitgard ofLuxemburg, was regent in the county while Dirk was still a minor,from 993-1005. She was the sister-in-law of Emperor Henry II and withhis help she managed to maintain the county for her son. After Dirkassumed the government of the county, she still used her familyconnections to acquire imperial assistance, in one instance animperial army helped Dirk suppress a Frisian revolt.
Prior to1018, Count Dirk III was a vassal of Henry II, but the bishops ofTrier, Utrecht and Cologne all contested the ownership of Dirk'sfiefdom, which was in a strategically important location. Utrecht,situated in the Rhine delta, was the largest trading town of theGerman kings in the area and traders had to sail through theterritories of Dirk III, by way of the Rhine and Vecht rivers, inorder to reach the North Sea. Also, the German kings and emperorswere frequently resident in Utrecht and the nearby estate ofNijmegen. Another trade route that ran through Dirk's territory wasfrom the city of Tiel to England.
It was along this second routethat Count Dirk built a stronghold at Vlaardingen, in a newlyhabitable area where many Frisians had recently settled by hisinvitation. He was not permitted to levy tolls or hinder trade in anyway, but eventually he defied imperial rule. Working together withthe Frisians now living in the area he stopped passing ships,demanding payment of tolls. Merchants from the town of Tiel sentalarmed messages to the king and Bishop Adelbold of Utrecht aboutacts of violence against them by Dirk's men. Emperor Henry thendecided to end Dirk III's reign and awarded his lands to BishopAdelbold.
A large imperial army, made up of troops supplied by thevarious bishops of region, under the command of Godfrey II, Duke ofLower Lorraine, then headed for the stronghold at Vlaardingen. Theensuing Battle of Vlaardingen was a disaster for the imperial armyand a tremendous victory for Count Dirk; many of the imperialcommanders perished and Duke Godfrey was captured. Following thisvictory, Dirk III was permitted to keep his lands and he continuedlevying tolls. Later on, Dirk also managed to acquire more lands eastof his previous domains at the expense of the Bishop of Utrecht.After the death of Emperor Henry II in 1024, Dirk supported Conrad IIfor the succession to the kingship.
After Count Dirk III's deathin 1039, imperial armies were sent on a few more occasions seeking toreclaim the lands held by the Frisian counts. The powerful Robert I,Count of Flanders (called Robert the Frisian) helped Dirk V, grandsonof Dirk III and his own stepson, to restore Frisia to the counts.

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