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 1017 - 1061 (44 years)
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| Name |
Floris I, |
| Suffix |
Count of Holland |
| Born |
1017 |
Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
28 Jun 1061 |
Nederhemert, Gelderland |
| Buried |
Egmond, North Holland, Netherlands |
| Person ID |
I19108 |
Young Kent Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
6 Jan 2021 |
| Family |
Gertrude, of Saxony, b. 1030, d. 4 Aug 1113 (Age 83 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. Bertha, of Holland, b. 1055, Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands , d. 15 Oct 1094, Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais, France (Age 39 years) |
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| Last Modified |
20 Mar 2022 |
| Family ID |
F5918 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Floris I (born c. 1017 in Vlaardingen – 28 June 1061) was count of Holland, then called Frisia west of the Vlie, from 1049 to 1061.
Floris was born in Vlaardingen. He was a son of Dirk III and Othelindis. Floris succeeded his brother Dirk IV, who was murdered in 1049. He married c. 1050 Gertrude, daughter of Duke Bernard II of Saxony, and had at least three children with her: Dirk V (c. 1052-1091), Bertha (c. 1055–1094), who became queen of France;[1] and Floris (born c. 1055), who became a canon at Liége.
Floris was involved in a war of a few Lotharingian vassals against the imperial authority. On a retreat from Zaltbommel he was ambushed and killed in battle at Hamerth on 28 June 1061. His son Dirk V succeeded him. In 1063 Gertrude married Robert I of Flanders,[1] who ruled Frisia as regent and acted as guardian for her children with Floris.
References
William (of Malmesbury), Gesta Regum Anglorum: The History of the English Kings: General introduction and commentary, Volume 2, Roger Aubrey Baskerville Mynors, Rodney M. Thomson and Michael Winterbottom, (Oxford University Press, 1999), 244.
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