Gerulfinger
The Gerulfingers were the family of the first counts of (West) Friesland and Holland . It was named after Gerulf the Elder († after 839), who is believed to be descended from the Friesian King Radbod († 719) (the statement applies to a granddaughter who is not known by name, but should refer to the male line). The family died out on the main line in 1299. A branch line were the Counts of Bentheim , which also died out in 1421.
The most famous family members are:
- Wilhelm von Holland , † 1256, 1247 Roman-German King , and
- Bertha of Holland , † beginning of 1094; the exiled wife of Philip I , King of France (in favor of Bertrada von Montfort )
Tribe list
Until Florens I.
- Dietrich († 793), Count
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Gerulf the Elder († after 839), Count in Friesland
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Gerulf the Younger (attested in 885/889), Count in Friesland
- Waltger (914/928 testified)
- Ratbot († before July 17, 944)
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Dietrich I. (916/928 attested, † October 6th…), Count in Kennemerland
- NN (Dietrich); ⚭ Geva
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Dietrich II. († 988), Count of (West) Friesland 936-941; ⚭ Hildegard, † April 10, 990, daughter of Arnulf I , Count of Flanders ( House of Flanders )
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Arnulf (attested in 975, ⚔ 1993), Count of (West) Friesland; ⚭ 980 Liutgard of Luxembourg († May 14 after 1005), daughter of Count Siegfried I ( Wigeriche )
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Dietrich III. Hierosolymita (attested in 993, ⚔ 1039); ⚭ Othelendis († March 9, 1044), daughter of Bernhard I. Margrave of the North Mark
- Dietrich IV. (Attested in 1037, ⚔ 1049)
- Florens I († murdered 1061); ⚭ around 1050 Gertrud († August 4, 1113), daughter of Bernhard II , Duke of Saxony ( Billunger ), she married Robert I , Count of Flanders ( House of Flanders ) in 1063 - descendants see below
- Bertrada; ⚭ Count Dietrich I of Katlenburg (⚔ 1056)
- ? Siegfried († June 5, 1030); ⚭ Tetburga († January 27 ...)
- ? Aleida; ⚭ I Baudouin , Count of Boulogne ; ⚭ II Enguerrand I († probably 1045), Count of Ponthieu ( House of Ponthieu )
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Dietrich III. Hierosolymita (attested in 993, ⚔ 1039); ⚭ Othelendis († March 9, 1044), daughter of Bernhard I. Margrave of the North Mark
- Egbert († 993), 976 Chancellor, 977 Archbishop of Trier
- Herlinde, Abbess of Egmond , then of Bennebroek
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Arnulf (attested in 975, ⚔ 1993), Count of (West) Friesland; ⚭ 980 Liutgard of Luxembourg († May 14 after 1005), daughter of Count Siegfried I ( Wigeriche )
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Dietrich II. († 988), Count of (West) Friesland 936-941; ⚭ Hildegard, † April 10, 990, daughter of Arnulf I , Count of Flanders ( House of Flanders )
- NN (Dietrich); ⚭ Geva
- Waltger (914/928 testified)
- Gerhard, Count
- Günther († 873), Archbishop of Cologne 850-863
- Daughter, descendant of the Frisian Duke Radbod († 719)
- Ratbod , 899-917 Bishop of Utrecht
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Gerulf the Younger (attested in 885/889), Count in Friesland
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Gerulf the Elder († after 839), Count in Friesland
From Florens I.
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Florens I , († murdered 1061); ⚭ around 1050 Gertrud († August 4, 1113), daughter of Bernhard II , Duke of Saxony ( Billunger ), she married Robert I , Count of Flanders ( House of Flanders ) in 1063 - ancestors see above
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Dietrich V. († 1091), 1061 Count of Holland; ⚭ before July 26, 1083 Othelhildis († November 18 ...)
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Florens II († 1121), 1091 Count of Holland; ⚭ 1113 Gertrud (Petronella) († 23 May 1144), daughter of Dietrich II , Duke of Lorraine ( House of Châtenois )
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Dietrich VI. (Testified in 1121, † 1157); ⚭ before 1137 Sophie von Rheineck († 1176), heiress of the Grafschaft Bentheim , daughter of Otto , Count Palatine near Rhine , Count von Rheineck (family list of the Salm family )
- Dietrich (Pilgrim) (* 1139; † 1151)
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Florens III. (Tested in 1156, † 1190 in Tire on the Third Crusade ); ⚭ 1162 Aleida (Ada) of Scotland († January 11 after 1205), daughter of Prince Henry of Scotland , Earl of Huntingdon , and Ada de Warenne ( House of Dunkeld )
- Ada († after 1205); ⚭ 1176 Otto I († 1184), Margrave of Brandenburg ( Ascanian )
- Margareta († after 1203); ⚭ Dietrich V. († 1193), Count of Kleve
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Dietrich VII. (Attested around 1183, † 1203); ⚭ 1186 Adelheid, 1186/1242 attested, daughter of Dietrich IV. , Count of Kleve
- Aleidis († before 1204)
- Ada (* probably 1188, † 1203/27), 1203 Countess of Holland, deposed; ⚭ November 1203 Ludwig II († July 29, 1218), Count of Looz , 1203/06 Count of Holland
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Wilhelm I (attested 1198, † 1222), 1203 Count of Holland; ⚭ I 1197 Adelheid († February 4, 1218), daughter of Otto I , Count of Geldern ; ⚭ II 1220 Maria († March 9 / June 14, 1260), daughter of Heinrich I , Duke of Brabant ( Reginare ), widow of Emperor Otto IV. ( Welfen )
- (I) Florens IV. (* 1210, † 1234), Count of Holland; ⚭ (marriage contract of December 5, 1214) Mechtild von Brabant († December 22, 1267), daughter of Heinrich I , Duke of Brabant ( Reginare ), widow of Heinrich II. , Count Palatine near Rhine ( Welfen )
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Wilhelm II. (⚔ 1256), underage until 1239, Count of Holland, 1247 Roman-German King ; ⚭ January 25, 1252 Elisabeth von Braunschweig , († May 27, 1266), daughter of Otto I , Duke of Braunschweig ( Welfen )
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Florens V (* 1254, † murdered 1296), a minor until 1266, Count of Holland; ⚭ around 1270 Beatrix von Dampierre, († March 23, 1296), daughter of Guido von Dampierre , Count of Flanders ( House of Dampierre ) and Mahaut de Béthune
- 4 sons and 3 daughters († young)
- Johann I (* 1284, † 1299), Count of Holland; ⚭ 1297 Elisabeth of England († 1316), daughter of Edward I , King of England ( Plantagenet ), she married in 1302 Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford (⚔ March 16, 1321)
- Margareta, († after August 12, 1284)
- Mechthild (1256 attested)
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Florens V (* 1254, † murdered 1296), a minor until 1266, Count of Holland; ⚭ around 1270 Beatrix von Dampierre, († March 23, 1296), daughter of Guido von Dampierre , Count of Flanders ( House of Dampierre ) and Mahaut de Béthune
- Florence the Vogt († March 26, 1258), 1248/58 Regent of Holland
- Aleide († March 1 / April 7, 1284), 1258/63 regent of Holland; ⚭ October 9, 1246 John of Avesnes († 1257), Count of Hainaut ( House of Avesnes )
- Margareta († March 26, 1277); ⚭ around July 4, 1249 Hermann I († 1290), Count of Henneberg
- Mechthild
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Wilhelm II. (⚔ 1256), underage until 1239, Count of Holland, 1247 Roman-German King ; ⚭ January 25, 1252 Elisabeth von Braunschweig , († May 27, 1266), daughter of Otto I , Duke of Braunschweig ( Welfen )
- Otto († April 3, 1249), 1238/39 Regent of Holland, 1245 Bishop of Utrecht
- Wilhelm († August 30, 1238), 1234/38 Regent of Holland
- Rikarde († January 3, 1262)
- Ada († June 15, 1258), 1239 abbess of Rijnsburg
- (I) Florens IV. (* 1210, † 1234), Count of Holland; ⚭ (marriage contract of December 5, 1214) Mechtild von Brabant († December 22, 1267), daughter of Heinrich I , Duke of Brabant ( Reginare ), widow of Heinrich II. , Count Palatine near Rhine ( Welfen )
- Florence (attested in 1198, † November 30, 1210), provost in Utrecht, later spiritual in Middelburg
- Balduin (testified in 1198, † July 19, 1204)
- Elisabeth († August 27 ...)
- Hedwig († January 13th ...)
- Agnes († April 22, 1228), 1205 abbess of Rijnsburg
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Otto I. (* around 1135, † around 1207), Count of Bentheim , 1187/96 Burgrave of Coevorden ; ⚭ I) Alveradis von Arnsberg († after 1205), daughter of Gottfried II , Count von Arnsberg ( house Cuyk ); ⚭ II) Alveradis from Cappenberg
- I) Baldwin I the Brave († around 1247), 1209 Count of Bentheim; ⚭ Jutta († after 1276)
- Lisa; ⚭ Ludolf III. († around 1265), Count of Steinfurt
- Ekbert, Herr von Malsen and Westerholte, Vogt von Alborg
- Berta von Bentheim (* 1215); ⚭ Henry II († around 1272), Count of Dale
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Otto II. , Count of Bentheim in 1248, Count of Tecklenburg in 1264; ⚭ before 1232 Heilwig, * around 1219, † around 1264, daughter of Count Otto I. von Tecklenburg
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Otto III. († 1285), Count of Tecklenburg
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Otto IV. († 1307), 1285 Count of Tecklenburg
- Otto V. († around 1328), Count of Tecklenburg
- Richardis († around 1327), heiress of Tecklenburg; ⚭ Günzel VI. , Count of Schwerin
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Otto IV. († 1307), 1285 Count of Tecklenburg
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Ekbert I. , † before 1311, 1279 Count of Bentheim; ⚭ Heilwig von Oldenburg-Delmenhorst, daughter of Count Johann I ( House Oldenburg )
- Johann, † before 1333, 1305 Count of Bentheim; ⚭ Mechthild zur Lippe, daughter of Simon I , Herr zur Lippe
- Ekbert († after 1333), canon of Münster
- Otto († 1320), canon of Münster
- Heinrich († after 1345), pastor at Bakel
- Christian, Canon in Bremen
- Hedwig († after 1358), prioress of Vreden
- Lisa († 1328), 1324 Abbess of Freckenhorst
- Oda († after 1345), Abbess of Metelen
- Balduin († around 1324), Canon of Osnabrück
- Jutta, nun to Vreden
- Odilia; ⚭ Arnold III. († 1307/08), Count of Almelo
- Gertrud, Abbess of Metelen in 1287
- Jutta; ⚭ Christian III. († 1285), Count of Oldenburg ( House of Oldenburg )
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Otto III. († 1285), Count of Tecklenburg
- I) Baldwin I the Brave († around 1247), 1209 Count of Bentheim; ⚭ Jutta († after 1276)
- Baldwin , († 1196), 1169 provost of Saint Maria in Utrecht , 1178 bishop of Utrecht
- Dietrich I († August 28, 1197 in Pavia ), 1196 Bishop of Utrecht
- Robert (testified in 1162, † before 1190)
- Sophie, 1200 abbess
- Florence the Black (attested 1129, ⚔ 1132)
- Simon (1131/47 attested, † November 7th…), canon in Sankt Martin in Utrecht
- Hedwig († 1132), nun
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Dietrich VI. (Testified in 1121, † 1157); ⚭ before 1137 Sophie von Rheineck († 1176), heiress of the Grafschaft Bentheim , daughter of Otto , Count Palatine near Rhine , Count von Rheineck (family list of the Salm family )
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Florens II († 1121), 1091 Count of Holland; ⚭ 1113 Gertrud (Petronella) († 23 May 1144), daughter of Dietrich II , Duke of Lorraine ( House of Châtenois )
- Albrecht, canon in Sankt Lambert in Liège
- Florence, canon in Saint Lambert in Liège
- Peter, canon in Sankt Lambert in Liège
- Bertha († beginning of 1094); ⚭ 1072, repudiated 1092, Philip I († 1108), King of France ( list of the Capetians )
- Mechtild
- Florence († young)
- ? Adela ⚭ Baldwin I († 1092/96), Count of Guînes ( House of Guînes )
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Dietrich V. († 1091), 1061 Count of Holland; ⚭ before July 26, 1083 Othelhildis († November 18 ...)
literature
- Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables Volume II. (1984) Table 2, used therein:
- AWE Dak: Genealogy of the graven van Holland. 's-Gravenhage 1954
- ACF Koch: Oorkondenboek van Holland en Seeland dead 1299 I. 's-Gravenhage 1970
- JG Kruisheer: De oorkonden en de kanselerij von den graven van Holland dead 1299 II. 'S-Gravenhage-Haarlem 1971
- Johanna Maria van Winter: The Hamaländer counts as members of the imperial aristocracy in the 10th century. in: Rheinische Vierteljahresblätter 44 (1980), Since 14–46
- Johanna Maria van Winter: Ansfrid en Dirk twee namen uit de Nederlandse Geschiedenis van de 10e en 11e eeuw. in: Naamkunde. 13th year (1981), pages 39-74
- Johanna Maria van Winter: The first name adelijk Geslachten in de Nederlanden 10e en 11e eeuw. in: Algemene Geschiedenis der Nederlanden I. Haarlem-Bussum 1981, pages 225-229