Van Arkel
The gentlemen van Arkel were an ancient noble family from Holland , which had been in princely respect.
The Van Arkels, along with the Brederode , Wassenaer and Egmond families , were considered to be the most important and those who were only obliged to the sovereign ( Count of Holland ) by a light feudal bond . The family derives its name from the German word Hercules and, according to some sources, includes the legendary Count Haimon (van Arkel), father of the four Haimons children, among its members . The origins of the family are likely to be in the 7th century, when Jan von Arkel had the desecrated churches of Arkel, Hoorn and Hagestein rebuilt around 694.
The first house Arkel died out with Jan VI van Arkel († 1227) and was inherited from the second house Arkel by his nephew Herbaren II van der Lede (1205–1258). The gentlemen van Arkel had their headquarters in a castle near Gorkum as well as in Vianen . Its most important glory was the Land van Arkel , which included parts of today's cities and communities Leerdam , Arkel , Heukelum, the later Lingewaal , as well as Asperen, Hagestein , Haastrecht and Gorinchem . They also had other possessions between Lek and Hollandse IJssel , in particular the High Glories Polsbroek and Jaarsveld . In the Middle Ages, the Van Arkels on the Egmonds side were involved in the bloody hook-and-cod war .
The main tribe of the Van Arkels became extinct in 1428; the side branch of the heren van Heukelom en Asperen -Van Arkel a good two centuries later.
people
- Johan I. van Arkel (around 1000-1034), lord of Arkel and Polsbroek
- Johan II. Van Arkel (around 1010-1077), lord of Arkel and Polsbroek
- Johan III van Arkel († 1115/1118), Lord of Arkel, Heukelom and Polsbroek
- Folpert van Arkel van der Leede (* around 1115; † 1140)
- Herbaren II. Van der Leede van Arkel (* around 1205, † before 1258)
- Johan I. van der Leede (Johan I. (van Arkel) van der Leede; * 1205, † after 1255)
- Johan II. Van der Leede (Johan II. (Van Arkel) van der Leede; * approx. 1270, † 1304)
- John IV of Arkel (1314–1378), 47th Bishop of Utrecht and Bishop of Liège.
- Otto van Arkel (1330-1396), Dutch nobleman and politician
- Johan V. van Arkel (1362–1428), governor of Holland, Zealand and West Friesland
- Willem van Arkel (1385–1417), was to become the new Duke of Geldern
- Maria van Arkel (1385–1415), wife of Jan II of Egmond
- Eduard van Arkel (1893–1976), Dutch chemist
literature
- Franz von Löher: Arkel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 529 f.