Floris IV (24 June 1210 – 19 July 1234) 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.
The Frisian origins
While the Frisian kingdom had comprised most of the present day Netherlands, the later province of Friesland ...
from 1222 to 1234. He was born in
The Hague
The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...
, 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
Land of Altena. He had constant disputes with the
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Otto II of Lippe, but helped him against the peasants of
Drenthe
Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Jan ...
in 1227. Floris fought in the
crusade against the Stedinger north of
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ...
in 1234.
On 19 July 1234, he was killed at a tournament in
Corbie,
France
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. He was buried at
Rijnsburg
Rijnsburg () is a village in the eastern part of the municipality of Katwijk, in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It lies on the Oude Rijn (Utrecht and South Holland), Oude Rijn, from which it takes its name.
History
Rij ...
Abbey.
Family
His brother was
Otto III van Holland.
Floris married, before 6 December 1224, his step-aunt
Matilda, daughter of Duke
Henry I of Brabant.
Little Chute History Society website, ''Family: Floris IV Count of Holland / Matilda van Brabant (F179392)''
/ref> They had five children:
# William II, Count of Holland
William II (February 1227 – 28 January 1256) was the Count of Holland and Zeeland from 1234 until his death. He was elected anti-king of Germany in 1248 and ruled as sole king from 1254 onwards.
Early life
William was the eldest son and heir ...
(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, modern ...
# 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 eng ...
(ca. 1228–1258), Regent of Holland in 1256–1258.
# Adelaide of Holland (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 Ma ...
, Count of Hainaut
The Count of Hainaut (; ; ) was the ruler of the county of Hainaut, a historical region in the Low Countries (including the modern countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and parts of northern France and western Germany). In English-la ...
.
# Margaret
Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl". It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Iranian languages, Old Iranian. It has been an English language, English name since the 11th century, and remained popular thro ...
(d. 1277), married Count Herman I of Henneberg-Coburg
# Machteld
References
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 nobility from the Holy Roman Empire
13th-century counts in Europe
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