Gerard II was

Count of Guelders This article is about the rulers of the historical county and duchy of Guelders. Counts House of Wassenberg * before 1096–about 1129: Gerard I * about 1129–about 1131: Gerard II, son of Gerard I * about 1131–1182: Henry I, son of Gerar ...

from March 1129 until his death on October 24, 1131. He was the son of

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. Around 1116, Gerard married

Ermgard of Zutphen Ermengarde of Zutphen (died 1138) was countess of Zutphen (1122–1138), succeeding her elder brother Henry II, Count of Zutphen (her other two brothers had taken holy orders and died respectively). Their parents were Otto II, Count of Zutphen and ...

, daughter of

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and Judith of Arnstein.Lindeborn, J. (1670) Historia sive notitia episcopatus Daventriensis (Metelen), p. 535. They had two children: *

Henry I, Count of Guelders Henry I, Count of Guelders (1117–1182) was Count of Guelders from 1131 until 1182. He was a son of Gerard II of Guelders and Ermgard of Zutphen. In 1138 Hendrik inherited the County of Zutphen from his mother. Hendrik was under tremendous pre ...

married Agnes of Arnstein, daughter of count Louis III of Arnstein. * Salome of Guelders, married Henry I, Count of Wildeshausen.

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1090s births 1131 deaths House of Wassenberg

Gerard Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ca ...

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