Mathilde of Brabant also called Machteld (c. 1200 – 22 December 1267) was Countess of Holland by marriage to
Floris IV, Count of Holland
Floris IV (24 June 1210 – 19 July 1234) was the count of Holland from 1222 to 1234. He was born in The Hague, a son of William I of Holland and his first wife, Adelaide of Guelders.
Floris succeeded his father in 1222. His regent was Baldwin o ...
. She was regent of Holland and Zeeland in 1234–1235.
She was the fourth child and daughter of
Mathilde of Flanders
Matilda of Boulogne (1170 – 16 October 1210) was the younger daughter of Matthew, Count of Boulogne, and Marie I, Countess of Boulogne. Matilda became Duchess of Brabant by her marriage to Henry I, Duke of Brabant.
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and
Henry I, Duke of Brabant
Henry I ( nl, Hendrik, french: Henri; c. 1165 – 5 September 1235), named "The Courageous", was a member of the House of Reginar and first duke of Brabant from 1183/84 until his death.
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Henry was possibly born in Leuven (Louvain) ...
. She married Henry II,
Count Palatine of the Rhine
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(died 1214) in Aachen in 1212. She married
Floris IV, Count of Holland
Floris IV (24 June 1210 – 19 July 1234) was the count of Holland from 1222 to 1234. He was born in The Hague, a son of William I of Holland and his first wife, Adelaide of Guelders.
Floris succeeded his father in 1222. His regent was Baldwin o ...
on 6 December 1224.
When her spouse was killed at a tournament at
Corbie
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in 1234, their eldest son William was only seven years old. Mathilde attempted to assume control as regent during his minority, as well as gaining full personal control of the County of Zeeland, which had been promised her as her dowry land. Neither of this was however accepted, and in 1235, she was forced to resign for all ambitions of regency. Instead her sons paternal uncles William and
Otto
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After her son attained legal majority Mathilde stepped forward to assume an active role in his court and household, and became a prominent benefactor of abbeys and various institutions.
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William II, Count of Holland
William II (February 1227 – 28 January 1256) was the Count of Holland
The counts of Holland ruled over the County of Holland in the Low Countries between the 10th and the 16th century.
House of Holland
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Floris de Voogd
Floris de Voogd (c. 1228 – March 26, 1258 in Antwerp) "the guardian" of Holland, son of Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210–1234) and Matilda of Brabant (ca. 1202-1267). He reigned temporarily for William II of Holland while the latter was enga ...
(ca. 1228 – 1258), Regent of Holland in 1256–1258.
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Adelaide of Holland (ca. 1230–1284), Regent of Holland in 1258–1263.
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Margaret
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(d. 1277)
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1200s births
1267 deaths
13th-century women of the Holy Roman Empire
13th-century women rulers
13th-century viceregal rulers
Countesses of Holland
Matilda
Matilda or Mathilda may refer to:
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Female regents