Hij is getrouwd met Ada van Schotland.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 28 september 1162.
Kind(eren):
FLORIS of Holland, son of DIRK VI Count of Holland & his wife Sophie von Rheineck ([1140]-Antioch 1 Aug 1190, bur Antioch St Peter). The Chronologia Johannes de Beke names (in order) "Florencium succedentem Hollandie principem, Ottonem de Benthem comitem, Balduinem pontificum, Theodricum antistitem, Peregrinum presidem, Sophiam abbatissam, Hadewigim sanctimonialem et Petronellam…domicellam" as the children of Count Dirk VI & his wife[444]. "Thedricus Hollandensium comes…cum conjuge mea Sophia comitissa et filio nostro Florentio" exchanged property with Epternach by charter dated 1156[445]. The Annales Egmundani name "Florentius filius eius [=Theodericus comes filius Florentii crassi comitis]" when recording that he succeeded his father[446]. He succeeded his father in 1157 as FLORIS III Count of Holland. He made peace with the West-Friesians in 1161. "Florentius tertius…comes Hollandie" donated the church of Vlaardingen, held by "patris mei Theoderici", to Egmond abbey by charter dated 28 Aug 1162, the dating clause of which refers to "anno primo…matrimonii nostri quo sororem regis Scotie Ade duxit uxorem"[447]. He was created Earl of Ross in 1162 by his brother-in-law Malcolm IV King of Scotland, but the earldom was withdrawn from him[448]. He was imprisoned in Flanders 1167 during a struggle over Zeeland. In 1176 he supported Emperor Friedrich “Barbarossa” in the battle of Legnano, and was rewarded with the imperial toll-post at Geervliet. He took part in the Third Crusade 1189, on which he died. The Chronologia Johannes de Beke records the death "1190 Kal Aug…in Antiochia" of Count Floris III and his burial in "basilica sancti Petri"[449]. Beke's Egmondsch Necrologium records the death "1190 Kal Aug" of "Florencius 3 comes Hollandie" at Antioch[450].
m (1162, before 28 Aug) ADA of Scotland, daughter of HENRY of Scotland Earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland & his wife Ada de Warenne ([1146/48]-11 Jan after 1205, bur Middleburg Monastery). The Chronicle of Melrose records the marriage in 1162 of "Malcolm king of Scotland…his second sister Ada to Florence earl of Hoilande"[451]. Her birth date is estimated assuming that she was her parents´ second daughter, and bearing in mind the estimated birth dates of their other children as shown in the document SCOTLAND. The Annales Egmundani records the marriage in 1162 of "Florentius comes Hollandiæ" and "sororem Regis Scottorum…Ada"[452]. The Chronologia Johannes de Beke records the marriage of Count Floris III and "Adam filiam Henrici prepotentis regis Scottorum"[453]. "Florentius tertius…comes Hollandie" donated the church of Vlaardingen, held by "patris mei Theoderici", to Egmond abbey by charter dated 28 Aug 1162, the dating clause of which refers to "anno primo…matrimonii nostri quo sororem regis Scotie Ade duxit uxorem"[454]. "Theodericus Hollandie comes…comitis Florentii et Ade comitisse filius" donated property at Poeldijk bij Naaldwijk to the church of St Maria, Utrecht by charter dated 1198, in the presence of "Ada mater mea, Willelmus frater meus comes Frisie, Margareta soror mea, Florentius frater meus…"[455]. "Ada…marchionissa de Brandebrug" donated land "on Pole" to Rijnsburg abbey, with the consent of "Wilhelmi comitis et Florentii fratrum meorum et Ade comitisse matris mee et Ade neptis mee", by charter dated 1205[456]. The Chronologia Johannes de Beke records the death "III Id Ian" of "Ada quidam Hollandie comitissa regie stirpis" and her burial in Middleburg monastery[457]. Beke's Egmondsch Necrologium records the death "Id Jan" of "Ada comitissa filia Heynrici regis Scothorum"[458].
Count Floris III & his wife had eleven children:
DIRK (-Dordrecht 4 Nov 1203, bur Egmond)
WILLEM (-4 Feb 1222).
FLORIS (-Middleburg Monastery 30 Nov 1210).
BOUDEWIJN (-19 Jul 1204).
ROBERT
BEATRIX
ELISABETH
ADA (-after 1205).
MARGARETA (-after 1203)
HEDWIG
AGNES (-22 Apr 1228).
Bronnen:
[444] Chronologia Johannes de Beke 52, p. 101.
[445] Oorkondenboek Holland (1866), 133, p. 85.
[446] Annales Egmundani 1157, MGH SS XVI, p. 461.
[447] Oorkondenboek Holland (1866), 143, p. 91.
[448] CP XI 140.
[449] Chronologia Johannes de Beke 58b, p. 131.
[450] Beka's Egmondsch Necrologium, in Oppermann, O. (1933) Fontes Egmundenses (Utrecht), p. 109.
[451] Stevenson, J. (trans.) (1991) A Medieval Chronicle of Scotland: The Chronicle of Melrose (Llanerch Press reprint), 1162, p. 12.
[452] Annales Egmundani 1162, MGH SS XVI, p. 462.
[453] Chronologia Johannes de Beke 57a, p. 117.
[454] Oorkondenboek Holland (1866), 143, p. 91.
[455] Oorkondenboek Holland (1866), 177, p. 109.
[456] Oorkondenboek Holland (1866), 202, p. 122.
[457] Chronologia Johannes de Beke 58b, p. 131.
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