Floris IV (24 June 1210 – 19 July 1234) was the

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from 1222 to 1234. He was born in

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, a son of William I of Holland and his first wife, Adelaide of Guelders. Floris succeeded his father in 1222. His regent was Baldwin of Bentheim. He acquired the

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. He had constant disputes with the

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, but helped him against the peasants of

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in 1227. Floris fought in the crusade against the Stedinger north of

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in 1234. On 19 July 1234, he was killed at a tournament in

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. He was buried at

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Abbey.

Family

Floris married, before 6 December 1224, his stepaunt

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, daughter of Duke Henry I of Brabant. They had the following children: # William II, Count of Holland (1227–1256), married Elisabeth of Brunswick-Luneburg; parents of

Floris V, Count of Holland Floris V (24 June 1254 – 27 June 1296) reigned as Count of Holland and Zeeland from 1256 until 1296. His life was documented in detail in the Rijmkroniek by Melis Stoke, his chronicler. He is credited with a mostly peaceful reign, moderni ...

# Floris de Voogd (ca. 1228 – 1258), Regent of Holland in 1256–1258. #

Adelaide of Holland Adelaide of Holland ( nl, Aleide (Aleidis) ; – buried 9 April 1284), Countess of Hainaut, was a Dutch regent. She was a daughter of Floris IV, Count of Holland and Matilda of Brabant. She was also a sister of William II, Count of Holland and ...

(ca. 1230–1284), Regent of Holland in 1258–1263 married

John I of Avesnes John of Avesnes (1 May 1218 – 24 December 1257) was the count of Hainaut from 1246 to his death. Life Born in Houffalize, John was the eldest son of Margaret II of Flanders by her first husband, Bouchard IV of Avesnes. As the marriage of Marg ...

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. #

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(d. 1277), married Count Herman I of Henneberg-Coburg # Machteld

External links

Floris IV, graaf van Holland
(Dutch)

1210 births 1234 deaths Nobility from The Hague Counts of Holland People of the Stedinger Crusade Accidental deaths in France Burials at Rijnsburg Abbey 13th-century people of the Holy Roman Empire {{Netherlands-bio-stub