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Early life. Dutch penny struck by William I ( c. 1213–1222) William was born in The Hague, but raised in Scotland. He participated in the Third Crusade under Emperor Frederick I alongside his father, Floris, and his uncle Otto of Bentheim. [1] He started a revolt against his brother, Dirk VII and became count in Friesland after a reconciliation.
Nov 16, 2023 · William I (c. 1167, The Hague – 4 February 1222), Count of Holland from 1203 to 1222. He was the younger son of Floris III and Ada of Scotland. Count William was married twice. First, he was married in 1197 at Stavoren to Adelheid of Guelders, daughter of Otto I, Count of Guelders and Richarde of Bavaria.
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 ...
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William on the right. William I (c. 1167 – 4 February 1222) was count of Holland from 1203 to 1222. He was the younger son of Floris III and Ada of Huntingdon
Brief Life History of Willem. When Count Willem Holland was born on 2 April 1167, in The Hague, Holland, Netherlands, his father, Count Floris Holland III, was 27 and his mother, Ada of Huntingdon, was 28. He married Adelaide of Guelders in 1197, in Staveren, Friesland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters.
William I, Count of Holland Also known as William I, Count of Holland primary name: William I other name: ...
Apr 20, 2024 · Pacification of Ghent. William I (born April 24, 1533, Dillenburg, Nassau [now in Germany]—died July 10, 1584, Delft, Holland [now in the Netherlands]) was the first of the hereditary stadtholders (1572–84) of the United Provinces of the Netherlands and leader of the revolt of the Netherlands against Spanish rule and the Catholic religion.
