John I, Count of Holland, Earl of Holland, Zealand and Lord of Friezeland

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• Parents: Father: Floris V, Count of Holland (1254-1296) Mother: Beatrix of Dampierre (____-1291)
• Education: Apr 1285; In April 1285 he was betrothed to Elizabeth, a daughter of Edward and Eleanor of Castile. Soon after this the infant John was sent to England to be raised and educated there at Edward's court.
• Title(s): 1296; He became the Count of Holland in 1296.
• Last Full Review: 21 Aug 2020

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He died of dysentery, though there were rumors of murder.

John married Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, Countess of Hereford on 8 Jan 1297 in Priory of the Holy Trinity, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Edward I "Longshanks", King of England and Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England) was born on 7 Aug 1282 in Rhuddlan Castle, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales; died on 5 May 1316 in Quendon, Essex, England; was buried on 23 May 1316 in Walden Abbey, Saffron Walden, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]