Floris, IV Count of Holland
1210 - 1234 (24 years)-
Name Floris , IV Count of Holland [1] Suffix IV Count of Holland Born 24 Jun 1210 The Hague Netherlands Temple, 's-Gravenhage, S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands 
[1] Gender Male Died 19 Jul 1234 Corbie, Somme, Picardie, France [1] Notes - Floris IV (24 June 1210 The Hague-19 July 1234, Corbie, France), Count of Holland from 1222 to 1234. He was a son of William I of Holland and his first wife, Adelaide of Guelders.
Floris IV succeeded his father in 1222. His regent was Baldwin of Bentheim. He acquired the Land of Altena. He had constant disputes with the bishop of Utrecht, Otto of Lippe, but helped him against the peasants of Drenthe in 1227. Floris was a real knight, who went on crusade against the Stedingers north of Bremen in 1234.
On 19 July 1234, he died at a French tournament held in Corbie, France.
Family and children
He married before 6 December 1224 Matilde of Brabant, daughter of Duke Henry I of Brabant and Mathilde of Flanders also referred to as Maud of Boulogne and Alsace. Their children were:
William II, Count of Holland (1227-1256).
Floris de Voogd (ca. 1228-1258), Regent of Holland in 1256-1258.
Adelaide of Holland (ca. 1230-1284), married, in Frankfurt am Main in 1246, Jean I of Avesnes, Count of Hainaut. Their descendants eventually inherited Holland. She was Regent of Holland in 1258-1263.
Margaret (d. 1277), married c. 1249 to Count Herman I of Henneberg.
Mechtild
Person ID I5306 Bosdet Genealogy Last Modified 16 May 2013
Father William, I Count of Holland, b. Abt 1167, The Hague Netherlands Temple, 's-Gravenhage, S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands , d. 04 Feb 1221/22 (Age ~ 55 years) Relationship Natural Mother Adelaide of Guelders, b. Abt 1182, d. 1218 (Age ~ 36 years) Relationship Natural Married 1197 Stavoren, Netherlands [2] Family ID F2096 Group Sheet
Family Matilde of Brabant, b. Abt 1200, d. 22 Dec 1267 (Age ~ 67 years) Married Bef 06 Dec 1224 [1] Children 1. Adelaide of Holland, d. 1284 Family ID F2095 Group Sheet
- Floris IV (24 June 1210 The Hague-19 July 1234, Corbie, France), Count of Holland from 1222 to 1234. He was a son of William I of Holland and his first wife, Adelaide of Guelders.
-
Sources - [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floris_IV,_Count_of_Holland.
- [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Guelders.
- [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floris_IV,_Count_of_Holland.