Floris I (born c. 1017 in

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– 28 June 1061) was

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, then called

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west of the Vlie, from 1049 to 1061. Floris was born in

. He was a son of Dirk III and Othelindis of Nordmark. Floris succeeded his brother Dirk IV, who was murdered in 1049. He married 1050 Gertrude, daughter of Duke Bernard II of Saxony, and had at least three children with her:

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( 1052–1091), Bertha ( 1055–1094), who became

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, William (of Malmesbury), ''Gesta Regum Anglorum: The History of the English Kings: General introduction and commentary, Volume 2'', Roger Aubrey Baskerville Mynors, Rodney M. Thomson and Michael Winterbottom (Oxford University Press, 1999), 244. and Floris (born 1055), who became a canon at Liége. Floris was involved in a war of a few Lotharingian vassals against the imperial authority. On a retreat from Zaltbommel he was ambushed and killed in battle at Hamerth on 28 June 1061. His son Dirk V succeeded him. In 1063 Gertrude married

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, who ruled Frisia as

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and acted as guardian for her children with Floris.

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1061 deaths Gerulfingian dynasty Counts of Holland People from Vlaardingen 1010s births Burials at Egmond Abbey {{Netherlands-bio-stub