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

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

Male 1284 - 1299  (15 years)

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  • Name John I  
    Relationshipwith Robert Alan Roy
    Birth 1284  Netherlands (Holland) Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Parents Father: Floris V, Count of Holland (1254-1296)
    Mother: Beatrix of Dampierre (____-1291)  [1, 2, 5
    Education Apr 1285 (Age 1)  [5
    Title(s) 1296 (Age 12)  [1, 5
    Death 10 Nov 1299  Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 5, 6
    • He died of dysentery, though there were rumors of murder. [5]
    Burial —  Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I21719 
    Last Modified 1 Sep 2021 

    Family Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, Countess of Hereford,   b. 7 Aug 1282, Rhuddlan Castle, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 May 1316, Quendon, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Marriage 8 Jan 1297  Priory of the Holy Trinity, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 13 years and 1 month - She : 14 years and 5 months
    Information In April 1285 there were negotiations with Floris V for Elizabeth's betrothal to his son John I, Count of Holland. The offer was accepted and John was sent to England to be educated. On 8 January 1297 Elizabeth was married to John at Ipswich. In attendance at the marriage were Elizabeth's sister Margaret, her father, Edward I of England, her brother Edward, and Humphrey de Bohun. After the wedding Elizabeth was expected to go to Holland with her husband, but did not wish to go, leaving her husband to go alone. It is recorded that while in Ipswich the King, in some outburst, threw his daughter's coronet into the fire: a great ruby and a great emerald were supplied by Adam the Goldsmith for stones lost as a result.

    After some time travelling England, it was decided Elizabeth should follow her husband. Her father accompanied her, travelling through the Southern Netherlands between Antwerp, Mechelen, Leuven and Brussels, before ending up in Ghent. There they remained for a few months, spending Christmas with her two sisters Eleanor and Margaret.   [3, 6
    Children They had no children together.  [3, 6
    Family ID F2266  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Aug 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1284 - Netherlands (Holland) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 8 Jan 1297 - Priory of the Holy Trinity, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 10 Nov 1299 - Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - — - Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Penny or 'kopje' with portrait of John I
    Penny or 'kopje' with portrait of John I

  • Sources 
    1. [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html).

    2. [S1569] Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage web site, (Wellington, New Zealand: http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm, 2019).

    3. [S1875] Verity, Brad. "The Children of Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford, Daughter of Edward I of England", (Vowchurch, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 6, 2014).

    4. [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).

    5. [S304] Wikipedia, John I, Count of Holland.

    6. [S304] Wikipedia, Elizabeth of Rhuddlan.