Henry I, Count of Guelders (1117–1182) was Count of
Guelders from 1131 until 1182. He was a son of
Gerard II of Guelders
Gerard II was Count of Guelders from March 1129 until his death on October 24, 1131. He was the son of Gerard I, Count of Guelders.
Around 1116, Gerard married Ermgard of Zutphen, daughter of Otto II, Count of Zutphen and Judith of Arnstein.Lind ...
and
Ermgard of Zutphen.
In 1138 Hendrik inherited the County of
Zutphen
Zutphen () is a city and municipality located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It lies some 30 km northeast of Arnhem, on the eastern bank of the river Ijssel at the point where it is joined by the Berkel. First mentioned in th ...
from his mother.
Hendrik was under tremendous pressure from the
Bishopric of Utrecht and the
County of Holland
The County of Holland was a State of the Holy Roman Empire and from 1433 part of the Burgundian Netherlands, from 1482 part of the Habsburg Netherlands and from 1581 onward the leading province of the Dutch Republic, of which it remained a par ...
, and was forced by Holland to negotiate a treaty with the
city of Utrecht
Utrecht ( , , ) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Neth ...
; this led to a problematic relation with the
Bishop of Utrecht.
In 1135 Hendrik married
Agnes of Arnstein, daughter of count
Louis III of Arnstein. Their daughter Adelaide married
Gérard II, Count of Looz. Hendrik died in 1182 and was succeeded by his son
Otto I of Guelders. He is buried at Kloosterkamp, probably the prestigious Cistercian abbey of
Kloster Kamp. He had a daughter named Margareta of Guelders who married
Engelbert I of Berg.
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1117 births
1182 deaths
House of Wassenberg
Counts of Zutphen
Counts of Guelders
People from Zutphen
12th-century people of the Holy Roman Empire