Dietrich V.
Dietrich V of Holland (* 1053 ; † June 17, 1091 ) was Count of Holland .
He was the son of Count Florence I of Holland and Gertrud von Sachsen , daughter of Duke Bernhard II.
When his father died in 1061, he followed him as Count of Holland. Since he was still a minor, he was initially under the guardianship of his mother Gertrud or, when she remarried shortly afterwards, under the guardianship of her new husband Robert the Friesian , brother of the Count of Flanders and Hainaut . Robert fended off the claims of the Utrecht bishop Wilhelm I on the land and gave back to the emperor Heinrich IV all goods which formerly belonged to the Utrecht bishop and now to Dietrich. But when Robert demanded rule over Flanders after the death of his brother in 1070, war broke out and Holland was conquered by Duke Godfried IV of Lower Lorraine and kept as a fief by the Bishop of Utrecht.
It was only after the murder of Gottfried and Bishop Wilhelms that Dietrich, with the help of Robert, managed to regain his land after a long war. In the following years he conquered further parts of Friesland and seems to have continued to rule unhindered by his neighbors until he died in 1091.
Like many of his noble family, he married a Saxon princess, namely Othelhilde .
His son and successor, Florens II , was the first count who called himself Count of Holland in 1101 ("Comes Holtlandensis").
literature
- Pieter Lodewijk Muller : Dietrich V., Count of Holland . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 178.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Florens I. |
Count of Holland 1061-1091 |
Florens II |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dietrich V. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Holland |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1053 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 1091 |