Adelaide of Holland

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• Offices Held: From 1256 to 1263; She governed Holland and Sealand from 1256 to 1263.
• Offices Held: From 1258 to 1263; She was the Regent of Holland from 1258 to 1263.

Adelaide married Jean I d'Avêsnes, Seigneur d'Avesnes on 9 Oct 1246. Jean (son of Sir Bouchard d'Avêsnes, Seigneur d'Avêsnes and d'Etroen and Margaret, Countess of Hainault and Flanders) was born on 1 May 1218 in Etraeungt, Nord, France (not found); died on 24 Dec 1257; was buried in Valenciennes, Nord, Hauts-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Directory of Royal Genealogy gives their marriage date as September 1246.

1. Jean II d'Avêsnes, Count of Hainault and Holland was born in 1247 in Brabant, Holland; died on 22 Aug 1304.

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• General Information: His name is also spelt Florent.
• Title(s): 1222; In 1222 he became the Count of Holland.
• Title(s): 1226; In 1226 he became the Count of Sealand.
• Military: 1234; In 1234 Floris fought in the crusade against the Stedinger north of Bremen.
• Last Full Review: 3 Mar 2021

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He was killed at a tournament.

Florenz married Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Holland on 6 Dec 1224. Matilda (daughter of Henry I "the Courageous", Duke of Brabant and Matilda of Bloulogne) was born in 1200; died on 21 Dec 1267; was buried in Abbey Church, Loosduinen, South Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: Her name is also spelt Mathilde.
• Last Full Review: 5 Aug 2020

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• Military: 1215; He fought in the Imperial Army at Bovines in 1215. William then went on a Crusade from 1215 to 1219.

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William married Adelaide of Guelders in 1198. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her name was also spelt Adelheid.

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• General Information: He was also the Duke of Lower Lorraine, the Landgrave of Brabant, Margrave of Antwerp, and Count of Louvain.
• Title(s): From 1182 to 1184; He acted as a regent while Count Godfrey III went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem from 1182 to 1184.
• Title(s): 1183; He became the first Duke of Brabant in 1183.
• Military: From 1217 to 1218; He joined the Fifth Crusade to Egypt from 1217 to 1218.
• Last Full Review: 25 Feb 2021

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Birth: von Redlich (1941) gives his birth year as about 1158.

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Henry married Matilda of Bloulogne in 1179. Matilda (daughter of Matthew of Alsace, Comte de Boulogne and Mary of Blois, Princess of England) was born about 1162; died in 1211 in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was the heiress of Countship of Boulogne. Her name was also spelt Maud of Flanders.
• Last Full Review: 25 Feb 2021

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Death: Weis (1982) gives her death date as 1240.

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• Military: 1180; He went on the Third Crusade as a companion of Emperor Frederick Barbarosa.

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He was also the Earl of Ros.

Florenz married Ada de Huntington on 28 Aug 1162. Ada (daughter of Henry of Huntingdon, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumberland and Ada de Warenne) was born about 1146 in Scotland; died between 11 Jan 1216 and 1222. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 1214; He went on the Third Crusade. In July 1214, he fought at the battle of Bouvines in the Imperial Army. Between 1218 and 1219, he went on a Crusade to Damietta.

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He was also the Count of Guelders, Zutphen, Holland, and East Friesland.

Otto married Richardis von Wittlesbach before 1188. Richardis (daughter of Otto von Wittlesbach V, Duke of Bavaria and Agnes von Loos) died on 7 Dec 1231. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): From 1143 to 1183; He was the Duke of Brabant from 1143 to 1183.

Godfrey married Margaret von Limbourg in 1155. Margaret (daughter of Henry II, Duke of Limburg, Count of Arlon and Matilda von Saffenburg) was born about 1139; died in 1172/73. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Matthew married Mary of Blois, Princess of England in 1160, and was divorced on 1169 - 1170. Mary (daughter of Stephen of Blois, King of England and Matilda, Countess of Boulogne) was born about 1131 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France; died on 25 Jul 1180. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: say 1155
• Religion: 1173

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Birth: von Redlich (1941) and Weis (1976) give her birth year as 1136.

Death: von Redlich (1941) and Weis (1976) give her death year as 1182.

Religion:
She became the Abbess of Romsey in Hamshire until 1160. She was then forcibly abducted from the convent and forced to marry.

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After the end of her marriage, she returned to the convent of St. Austrebert, near Montreuil, France.