_Thierry IV* C of Holland________ _Florent II* C of Holland_________|_Othelhildis* ___________________ _Thierry VI* C of Holland_| | | _________________________________ | |_Gurtrude\Petronella* of Lorraine_|_________________________________ _Florent III* C of Holland & E of Ross_| | | _________________________________ | | __________________________________|_________________________________ | |_Sophia* von Rhineck______| | | _________________________________ | |__________________________________|_________________________________ _William I* C of Holland & Zealand_| | | _Malcolm III K of Scots__________ | | _David I K of Scots_______________|_Margaret Queen of Scots_________ | | _Henry of Huntingdon______| | | | | _Waltheof II E of Northumberland_ | | | |_Maud of Northumberland___________|_Judith _________________________ | |_Ada* of Huntingdon____________________| | | _William de WARENNE E of Surrey__ | | _William de WARENNE E of Surrey___|_Gundred ________________________ | |_Ada de WARENNE __________| | | _Hugh "the Great" D of Burgundy__ | |_Isabel of Vermandois_____________|_Adelaide of Vermandois__________ | |--Florent IV* C of Holland | | _________________________________ | __________________________________|_________________________________ | __________________________| | | | _________________________________ | | |__________________________________|_________________________________ | _Otto I* C of Guelders_________________| | | | _________________________________ | | | __________________________________|_________________________________ | | |__________________________| | | | _________________________________ | | |__________________________________|_________________________________ |_Adelaide* of Guelders_____________| | _________________________________ | __________________________________|_________________________________ | __________________________| | | | _________________________________ | | |__________________________________|_________________________________ |_Richardis* of Bavaria_________________| | _________________________________ | __________________________________|_________________________________ |__________________________| | _________________________________ |__________________________________|_________________________________
leovdpas@iinet.net.au (Leo van de Pas) posted to
GEN-MEDIEVAL-L-request@rootsweb.com on 5 Sep 1998
Subject: Floris IV, Count of Holland:
. "Floris IV, Count of Holland 1222-1234, born 24 June 1210, killed by
jousting 19 July 1234 Noyon or Corbie; son of Willem I and Aleida of
Gelre; before 6 December 1224 he married Machteld of Brabant and they
became the parents of five children.
. During his minority, a second cousin, Baudouin, Count of Bentheim,
acted as regent. Floris IV added Altena to Holland and, in 1234,
participated in the attack on the Stedingers. In the same year he was
accidentally killed while jousting in France. His son and successor,
Willem II, was elected to become Holy Roman Emperor, but was killed in
a minor battle against the West-Friesians."