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.

1. Dietrich († 793), Count
   1. Gerulf the Elder († after 839), Count in Friesland
      1. Gerulf the Younger (attested in 885/889), Count in Friesland
         1. Waltger (914/928 testified)
            1. Ratbot († before July 17, 944)
         2. Dietrich I. (916/928 attested, † October 6th…), Count in Kennemerland
            1. NN (Dietrich); ⚭ Geva
               1. Dietrich II. († 988), Count of (West) Friesland 936-941; ⚭ Hildegard, † April 10, 990, daughter of Arnulf I , Count of Flanders ( House of Flanders )
                  1. Arnulf (attested in 975, ⚔ 1993), Count of (West) Friesland; ⚭ 980 Liutgard of Luxembourg († May 14 after 1005), daughter of Count Siegfried I ( Wigeriche )
                     1. Dietrich III. Hierosolymita (attested in 993, ⚔ 1039); ⚭ Othelendis († March 9, 1044), daughter of Bernhard I. Margrave of the North Mark
                        1. Dietrich IV. (Attested in 1037, ⚔ 1049)
                        2. 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
                        3. Bertrada; ⚭ Count Dietrich I of Katlenburg (⚔ 1056)
                     2. ? Siegfried († June 5, 1030); ⚭ Tetburga († January 27 ...)
                     3. ? Aleida; ⚭ I Baudouin , Count of Boulogne ; ⚭ II Enguerrand I († probably 1045), Count of Ponthieu ( House of Ponthieu )
                  2. Egbert († 993), 976 Chancellor, 977 Archbishop of Trier
                  3. Herlinde, Abbess of Egmond , then of Bennebroek
      2. Gerhard, Count
      3. Günther († 873), Archbishop of Cologne 850-863
      4. Daughter, descendant of the Frisian Duke Radbod († 719)
         1. Ratbod , 899-917 Bishop of Utrecht

From Florens I.

1. 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
   1. Dietrich V. († 1091), 1061 Count of Holland; ⚭ before July 26, 1083 Othelhildis († November 18 ...)
      1. Florens II († 1121), 1091 Count of Holland; ⚭ 1113 Gertrud (Petronella) († 23 May 1144), daughter of Dietrich II , Duke of Lorraine ( House of Châtenois )
         1. 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 )
            1. Dietrich (Pilgrim) (* 1139; † 1151)
            2. 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 )
               1. Ada († after 1205); ⚭ 1176 Otto I († 1184), Margrave of Brandenburg ( Ascanian )
               2. Margareta († after 1203); ⚭ Dietrich V. († 1193), Count of Kleve
               3. Dietrich VII. (Attested around 1183, † 1203); ⚭ 1186 Adelheid, 1186/1242 attested, daughter of Dietrich IV. , Count of Kleve
                  1. Aleidis († before 1204)
                  2. 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
               4. 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 )
                  1. (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 )
                     1. 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 )
                        1. 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
                           1. 4 sons and 3 daughters († young)
                           2. 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)
                           3. Margareta, († after August 12, 1284)
                        2. Mechthild (1256 attested)
                     2. Florence the Vogt († March 26, 1258), 1248/58 Regent of Holland
                     3. Aleide († March 1 / April 7, 1284), 1258/63 regent of Holland; ⚭ October 9, 1246 John of Avesnes († 1257), Count of Hainaut ( House of Avesnes )
                     4. Margareta († March 26, 1277); ⚭ around July 4, 1249 Hermann I († 1290), Count of Henneberg
                     5. Mechthild
                  2. Otto († April 3, 1249), 1238/39 Regent of Holland, 1245 Bishop of Utrecht
                  3. Wilhelm († August 30, 1238), 1234/38 Regent of Holland
                  4. Rikarde († January 3, 1262)
                  5. Ada († June 15, 1258), 1239 abbess of Rijnsburg
               5. Florence (attested in 1198, † November 30, 1210), provost in Utrecht, later spiritual in Middelburg
               6. Balduin (testified in 1198, † July 19, 1204)
               7. Elisabeth († August 27 ...)
               8. Hedwig († January 13th ...)
               9. Agnes († April 22, 1228), 1205 abbess of Rijnsburg
            3. 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
               1. I) Baldwin I the Brave († around 1247), 1209 Count of Bentheim; ⚭ Jutta († after 1276)
                  1. Lisa; ⚭ Ludolf III. († around 1265), Count of Steinfurt
                  2. Ekbert, Herr von Malsen and Westerholte, Vogt von Alborg
                  3. Berta von Bentheim (* 1215); ⚭ Henry II († around 1272), Count of Dale
                  4. 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
                     1. Otto III. († 1285), Count of Tecklenburg
                        1. Otto IV. († 1307), 1285 Count of Tecklenburg
                           1. Otto V. († around 1328), Count of Tecklenburg
                           2. Richardis († around 1327), heiress of Tecklenburg; ⚭ Günzel VI. , Count of Schwerin
                     2. Ekbert I. , † before 1311, 1279 Count of Bentheim; ⚭ Heilwig von Oldenburg-Delmenhorst, daughter of Count Johann I ( House Oldenburg )
                        1. Johann, † before 1333, 1305 Count of Bentheim; ⚭ Mechthild zur Lippe, daughter of Simon I , Herr zur Lippe
                           1. Simon I, † 1344, 1333 Count of Bentheim
                           2. Otto III. († after 1379), 1344 Count von Bentheim, renounced around 1364
                           3. Bernhard († 1421), 1364 Count of Bentheim
                           4. Hedwig, 1347/71 attested; ⚭ Eberwyn von Güterswyck († 1378)
                           5. Christian († after 1401), canon in Cologne, 1361 provost of the cathedral in Münster
                        2. Ekbert († after 1333), canon of Münster
                        3. Otto († 1320), canon of Münster
                        4. Heinrich († after 1345), pastor at Bakel
                        5. Christian, Canon in Bremen
                        6. Hedwig († after 1358), prioress of Vreden
                        7. Lisa († 1328), 1324 Abbess of Freckenhorst
                        8. Oda († after 1345), Abbess of Metelen
                        9. Balduin († around 1324), Canon of Osnabrück
                        10. Jutta, nun to Vreden
                        11. Odilia; ⚭ Arnold III. († 1307/08), Count of Almelo
                     3. Gertrud, Abbess of Metelen in 1287
                     4. Jutta; ⚭ Christian III. († 1285), Count of Oldenburg ( House of Oldenburg )
            4. Baldwin , († 1196), 1169 provost of Saint Maria in Utrecht , 1178 bishop of Utrecht
            5. Dietrich I († August 28, 1197 in Pavia ), 1196 Bishop of Utrecht
            6. Robert (testified in 1162, † before 1190)
            7. Sophie, 1200 abbess
         2. Florence the Black (attested 1129, ⚔ 1132)
         3. Simon (1131/47 attested, † November 7th…), canon in Sankt Martin in Utrecht
         4. Hedwig († 1132), nun
   2. Albrecht, canon in Sankt Lambert in Liège
   3. Florence, canon in Saint Lambert in Liège
   4. Peter, canon in Sankt Lambert in Liège
   5. Bertha († beginning of 1094); ⚭ 1072, repudiated 1092, Philip I († 1108), King of France ( list of the Capetians )
   6. Mechtild
   7. Florence († young)
   8. ? Adela ⚭ Baldwin I († 1092/96), Count of Guînes ( House of Guînes )

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1]
2. ↑ It was disputed whether Dietrich II was the son or grandson of Dietrich I. For a long time he was seen as the son of Dietrich I, but today it is assumed that he was his grandson; possibly another Count Dietrich belongs between the two