Ada of Huntingdon

Abt 1146 - Aft 1206  (~ 61 years)

• Name	Ada of Huntingdon  [1, 2]
  Born	Abt 1146	Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 1206  [1]
  Notes	She married Florent III, Comte de Hollande, son of Dirk VI, Comte de Hollande, circa 1162. Ada of Huntingdon (circa 1146 - after 1206) was a Scottish noblewoman and Countess of Holland by marriage. Ada was born in Scotland, the daughter of Henry of Huntingdon (1114-1152) and Ada de Warenne (died circa 1178). Henry was the son of King David I of Scotland and Maud, Countess of Huntingdon, and Ada's siblings include the Scottish kings Malcolm IV and William the Lion. In 1162 she was asked for her hand in marriage to Floris III, Count of Holland (circa 1132-1190) by the Abbot of Egmond, Holland. Together, the Abbot and Ada traveled back to Holland, where the wedding ceremony occurred, probably in Egmond, on 28 August 1162. Ada received the County of Ross in the Scottish Highlands as a wedding gift. Ada was not actively involved in the governance of the County of Holland but was occasionally mentioned in documents. Floris, her husband was a loyal ally of the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II, and often went with him into battle. Dutch chronicler Melis Stoke states that she supported her son in the war with William of Cleves during the War of Succession. In addition, Ada is known to have read Latin. Ada died after 1206 and was probably buried in the Abbey of Middelburg, to which she had already made donations of £64. Ada and Floris had 8 or 10 children, of whom some died young, including the following issue: Ada (died after 1205), married 1176 Margrave Otto I of Brandenburg Margaret (died after 1203), married 1182 Count Dietrich IV of Cleves Dirk VII, Count of Holland William I, Count of Holland Floris (died 1210), bishop of Glasgow Baldwin (died 1204) Robert Beatrix Elisabeth Hedwig Agnes (died 1228), Abbess at Rijnsburg
  Person ID	I623	Bosdet Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Henry of Huntingdon, Earl of Huntingdon,   b. 1114,   d. 12 Jun 1152  (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Ada de Warenne,   b. Abt 1120,   d. Abt 1178  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Married	Abt 1139  [1]
  Family ID	F551	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Floris, III Count of Holland,   b. 1141,   d. 01 Aug 1190, Antakya, Turkey  (Age 49 years)
  Married	28 Aug 1162	Egmond, Noord-Holland, Netherlands   [2, 3]
  Children	1. 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)
  Family ID	F2097	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S180] Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy, Alison Weir, (Name: The Bodley Head; Location: London, U.K.; Date: 1999;). [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_of_Huntingdon. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floris_III,_Count_of_Holland.