Jan II of Holland
Amstelland was confiscated by Jan II, count of Holland, who enfeoffed it in 1300 to his brother Guy of Avesnes, bishop of Utrecht. Guy also became the liege lord over Gijsbrecht, Lord of IJsselstein, who had been enfeoffed with IJsselstein by John II in 1308. Guy's daughter Maria of Avesnes married Gijsbrecht's son Arnold.
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