Count Floris I of Holland

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floris_I,_Count_of_Holland

Son of Dirk III and Othelindis, he was was Count of Holland, then called Frisia west of the Vlie, from 1049 to 1061. He succeeded his brother Dirk IV, Count of Holland, who was murdered in 1049.

He married ca. 1050 Princess Gertrude of Saxony, daughter of Bernard II, Duke of Saxony and Eilika of Schweinfurt, and had at least three children by her:

Dirk V (c. 1052, Vlaardingen - 17 June 1091).

Bertha (c. 1055-1094, Montreuil-sur-Mer), who married Philip I of France in 1072.

Floris (b. c. 1055), a canon at Liége.

He was involved in a war of a few Lotharingian vassals against the imperial authority. On a retreat from Zaltbommel he was ambushed and killed in battle at Nederhemert (called Hamerth at the time), on 28 June 1061.

After his death, his wife, Gertrude, Robert the Frisian, Count of Flanders,who acted as regent for his stepson, Dirk V, until 1071 when he became Count of Holland.

Buried:
Grave location, biography, history portraits, and tomb photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89760908

Floris married Gertrude of Saxony. Gertrude was born ca 1030; died 04 Aug 1113, Veurne, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; was buried , Sint-Walburgakerk Veurne Arrondissement Veurne West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium. [Group Sheet]

1. Bertha of Holland was born ABT. 1055, Vlaardingen, Netherlands; died 30 Jul 1093, Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.