House of Holland
The first count of Holland, Dirk I, was the son or foster-son of Gerolf, Count in Frisia (Dijkstra suggests that Dirk may have been the son of a sister of Gerolf and that his own father died while he was still an infant). He received land around Egmond from Charles the Fat at a place called Bladella (modern day Bladel near Eindhoven, The Netherlands) in 922. This is seen as the beginning of the county of Holland. However, until about 1100, the usual names for the county were West-Friesland, Frisia or Kennemerland; in spite of this the counts from Dirk I onwards are named of Holland.
Note that the chronology of the first few counts is uncertain. The existence of a count between Dirk I and Dirk II was only recently suggested, since it is thought that the references to counts named Dirk between 896 and 988 refer to three, not two, different counts. This third Count Dirk is placed between Dirk and I and II and numbered as Dirk I bis to avoid confusion with the already established numbering referring to the other counts of Holland named Dirk.
- Gerolf (r. 880 – 896)
- Dirk I (r. 896 – 931)
- Dirk I bis (r. 931 – 939), son of Dirk I
- Dirk II (r. 939 – 988), son of Dirk I bis
- Arnulf (r. 988 – 993), son of Dirk II
- Dirk III Hierosolymita (r. 993 – 1039), son of Arnulf I
- Dirk IV (r. 1039–1049), son of Dirk III
- Floris I (r. 1049–1061), brother of Dirk IV
- Gertrude of Saxony (regent), widow of Floris I
- Robert the Frisian (regent), second husband of Gertrude
- Godfrey the Hunchback, Duke of Lower Lorraine (regent)
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirk V 1061–1091 |
c. 1052 son of Floris I and Gertrude of Saxony |
Othelhilde bef. 26 July 1083 two children |
17 June 1091 aged 38–39 |
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| Floris II the Fat 1091–1121 |
c. 1080 son of Dirk V and Othelhilde |
Gertrude-Petronilla of Lorraine 1113 four children |
2 March 1121 aged 40–41 |
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| Dirk VI 1121–1157 |
c. 1114 son of Floris II and Gertrude-Petronilla of Lorraine |
Sophie of Salm bef. 1137 nine children |
5 August 1157 aged 42–43 |
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| Floris III 1157–1190 |
c. 1141 son of Dirk VI and Sophie of Salm |
Ada of Huntingdon 1162, bef. 28 August eleven children |
1 August 1190 aged 48–49 |
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| Dirk VII 1190–1203 |
c. ? son of Floris III and Ada of Huntingdon |
Adelaide of Cleves 1186 two daughter |
4 November 1203 Dordrecht aged ? |
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| Ada 1203–1207 |
c. 1188 daughter of Dirk VII and Adelaide of Cleves |
Dordrecht 5 November 1203 no issues |
c. 1223 aged 34–35 |
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| Louis I 1203–1207 |
c. ? son of Gerhard II, Count of Loon and Adelaide of Guelders |
29/30 Jul 1218 aged ? |
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| William I 1203–1222 |
c. 1141 son of Floris III and Ada of Huntingdon |
(1) Adelaide of Guelders Stavoren 1197 five children (2) Marie of Brabant July 1220 no issues |
4 February 1222 The Hague aged 80–81 |
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| Floris IV 1222–1234 |
24 June 1210 The Hague son of William I and Adelaide of Guelders |
Matilde of Brabant 6 December 1224 five children |
19 July 1234 Corbie aged 24 |
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| William II 1235–1256 |
February 1228 son of Floris IV and Matilde of Brabant |
Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg Brunswick 25 January 1252 two children |
128 January 1256 Utrecht aged 27 |
- William II (r. 1234–1256), King of Germany, son of Floris IV
- Floris de Voogd (r. 1256–1258, regent, as guardian for Floris V), brother of William II
- Floris V the Peasants' God (r. 1256–1296), son of William II
- John III, Lord of Renesse (r. 1296, regent)
- Wolfert I, Lord of Borselen (r. 1296–1299, regent)
- John II, Count of Hainaut (r. 1299 as regent, inherited the county after John I's death, see below)
- John I (r. 1296–1299), son of Floris V
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