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Count of Holland, the Glossary

The counts of Holland ruled over the County of Holland in the Low Countries between the 10th and the 16th century.^[1]

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Ada, Countess of Holland

Ada (– 1234/37) was Countess regnant of Holland between 1203 and 1207, ruling jointly with her husband, Louis II of Loon. Count of Holland and Ada, Countess of Holland are counts of Holland.

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Adelaide of Holland

Adelaide of Holland (Aleide (Aleidis); – buried 9 April 1284), was a Countess of Hainaut by marriage to John I, Count of Hainaut.

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Adriaen Matham

Adriaen Matham (1590 – 1660) was a Dutch Golden Age painter, engraver and art dealer.

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Albert I, Duke of Lower Bavaria (Albrecht; 25 July 1336 – 13 December 1404), was a feudal ruler of the counties of Holland, Hainaut, and Zeeland in the Low Countries. Count of Holland and Albert I, Duke of Bavaria are counts of Holland.

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Arnulf, Count of Holland

Arnulf, also known as Arnoud or Arnold, succeeded his father in 988 as Count of Frisia, which by around AD 1100 would come to be referred to as the county of Holland. Count of Holland and Arnulf, Count of Holland are counts of Holland.

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Avesnes family

The Avesnes family played an important role during the Middle Ages.

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Charles the Bold

Charles Martin (10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477), called The Bold, was the last Duke of Burgundy from the Burgundian cadet branch of the House of Valois from 1467 to 1477. Count of Holland and Charles the Bold are counts of Holland.

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Charles the Fat

Charles III (839 – 13 January 888), also known as Charles the Fat, was the emperor of the Carolingian Empire from 881 to 887.

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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V (Ghent, 24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy from 1506 to 1555.

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Count of Holland

The counts of Holland ruled over the County of Holland in the Low Countries between the 10th and the 16th century. Count of Holland and count of Holland are counts of Holland, Countships of the Netherlands, county of Holland, Lists of Dutch nobility, Lists of nobility of the Holy Roman Empire and ruling families of the County of Holland.

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County of Holland

The County of Holland was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and from 1433 part of the Burgundian Netherlands, from 1482 part of the Habsburg Netherlands and from 1581 onward the leading province of the Dutch Republic, of which it remained a part until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.

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Dirk I, Count of Holland

Dirk I (Frisian Durk I or Diderik, Latin Theoderic or Thidericus Fresonie, German Dietrich) was count of West Frisia, later known as the County of Holland. Count of Holland and Dirk I, Count of Holland are counts of Holland.

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Dirk II, Count of Holland

Dirk II or Theoderic II (920/930 – 6 May 988) was a count in West Frisia, and ancestor of the counts of Holland. Count of Holland and Dirk II, Count of Holland are counts of Holland.

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Dirk III, Count of Holland

Dirk III (also called Dirik or Theodoric) was the count with jurisdiction over what would become the county of Holland, often referred to in this period as "West Frisia", from 993 to 27 May 1039. Count of Holland and Dirk III, Count of Holland are counts of Holland.

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Dirk IV, Count of Holland

Dirk IV (ca. 1020/1030 – 13 January 1049) was Count of Holland from 1039 to 1049 (which was called Frisia at that time). Count of Holland and Dirk IV, Count of Holland are counts of Holland.

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Dirk V, Count of Holland

Dirk V (1052 – June 17, 1091) was Count of Holland (called Frisia at that time) from 1061 to 1091. Count of Holland and Dirk V, Count of Holland are counts of Holland.

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Dirk VI, Count of Holland

Dirk VI (c. 11145 August 1157) was Count of Holland between 1121 and 1157, at first, during his minority, under the regency of his mother Petronilla. Count of Holland and Dirk VI, Count of Holland are counts of Holland.

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Dirk VII, Count of Holland

Dirk VII (died 4 November 1203, in Dordrecht) was the count of Holland from 1190 to 1203. Count of Holland and Dirk VII, Count of Holland are counts of Holland.

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Dutch Republic

The United Provinces of the Netherlands, officially the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) and commonly referred to in historiography as the Dutch Republic, was a confederation that existed from 1579 until the Batavian Revolution in 1795.

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Egmond (municipality)

Egmond is a former municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

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Floris de Voogd

Floris de Voogd (c. 1228 – March 26, 1258 in Antwerp) "the guardian" of Holland, son of Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210–1234) and Matilda of Brabant (ca. 1202-1267).

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Floris I, Count of Holland

Floris I (born c. 1017 in Vlaardingen – 28 June 1061) was count of Holland, then called Frisia west of the Vlie, from 1049 to 1061. Count of Holland and Floris I, Count of Holland are counts of Holland.

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Floris II, Count of Holland

Floris II, called Floris the Fat (– 2 March 1121) was the first from the native dynasty of Holland to be called Count of Holland, reigning from 1091 until his death. Count of Holland and Floris II, Count of Holland are counts of Holland.

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Floris III, Count of Holland

Floris III (1141 – August 1, 1190) was the count of Holland from 1157 to 1190. Count of Holland and Floris III, Count of Holland are counts of Holland.

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Floris IV, Count of Holland

Floris IV (24 June 1210 – 19 July 1234) was the count of Holland from 1222 to 1234. Count of Holland and Floris IV, Count of Holland are counts of Holland.

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Floris V, Count of Holland

Floris V (24 June 1254 – 27 June 1296) reigned as Count of Holland and Zeeland from 1256 until 1296. Count of Holland and Floris V, Count of Holland are counts of Holland.

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Gerolf of Holland

Gerolf or Gerulf (c. 850 – 895/896) was the second count of this name who is attested in the area of Friesland (which also included Holland at the time). Count of Holland and Gerolf of Holland are counts of Holland.

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Gertrude of Saxony

Gertrude of Saxony (1030 – August 4, 1113), also known as Gertrude Billung, was a countess of Holland by marriage to Floris I, Count of Holland, and countess of Flanders by marriage to Robert I, Count of Flanders.

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Gerulf I of Frisia

Gerulf, also Gerulf the Elder, (d. after 865) was the first count of Frisia by this name and an ancestor of the Counts of Holland.

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Godfrey the Hunchback

Godfrey IV (died 26 or 27 February 1076), known as the Hunchback, was Duke of Lower Lorraine from 1069 until his death in 1076, succeeding his father Godfrey the Bearded.

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House of Habsburg

The House of Habsburg (Haus Habsburg), also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most prominent and important dynasties in European history.

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House of Valois-Burgundy

The House of Valois-Burgundy (Maison de Valois-Bourgogne, Huis van Valois-Bourgondië), or the Younger House of Burgundy, was a noble French family deriving from the royal House of Valois. Count of Holland and House of Valois-Burgundy are ruling families of the County of Holland.

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House of Wittelsbach

The House of Wittelsbach is a former Bavarian dynasty, with branches that have ruled over territories including the Electorate of Bavaria, the Electoral Palatinate, the Electorate of Cologne, Holland, Zeeland, Sweden (with Swedish-ruled Finland), Denmark, Norway, Hungary, Bohemia, and Greece. Count of Holland and House of Wittelsbach are ruling families of the County of Holland.

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Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut

Jacqueline (Jacoba; Jacqueline; Jakobäa; 15 July 1401 – 8 October 1436), of the House of Wittelsbach, was a noblewoman who ruled the counties of Holland, Zeeland and Hainaut in the Low Countries from 1417 to 1433.

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John I, Count of Hainaut

John of Avesnes (1 May 1218 – 24 December 1257) was the count of Hainaut from 1246 to his death.

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John I, Count of Holland

John I (1284 – 10 November 1299) was Count of Holland and Zeeland as son of Count Floris V. John inherited the county in 1296 after the murder of his father. Count of Holland and John I, Count of Holland are counts of Holland.

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John II, Count of Holland

John II (1247 – 22 August 1304) was Count of Hainaut, Holland, and Zeeland. Count of Holland and John II, Count of Holland are counts of Holland.

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John III, Duke of Bavaria

John III the Pitiless (1374–1425), of the House of Wittelsbach, was first bishop of Liège 1389–1418 and then duke of Bavaria-Straubing and count of Holland and Hainaut 1418–1425. Count of Holland and John III, Duke of Bavaria are counts of Holland.

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John III, Lord of Renesse

Jan van Renesse (1249 – 16 August 1304) was a member of the Zeeland nobility.

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John the Fearless

John I (Jean sans Peur; Jan zonder Vrees; 28 May 137110 September 1419) was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian State from 1404 until his assassination in 1419.

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Louis II, Count of Loon

Louis II was count of Loon from the end of the 12th century to 1218. Count of Holland and Louis II, Count of Loon are counts of Holland.

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Low Countries

The Low Countries (de Lage Landen; les Pays-Bas), historically also known as the Netherlands (de Nederlanden), is a coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower basin of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and consisting today of the three modern "Benelux" countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (Nederland, which is singular).

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Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut

Margaret II of Avesnes (1311 – 23 June 1356) was Countess of Hainaut and Countess of Holland (as Margaret I) from 1345 to 1356. Count of Holland and Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut are counts of Holland.

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Margaret of Bavaria

Margaret of Bavaria (1363 – 23 January 1424, Dijon) was Duchess of Burgundy by marriage to John the Fearless.

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Mary of Burgundy

Mary of Burgundy (Marie de Bourgogne; Maria van Bourgondië; 13 February 1457 – 27 March 1482), nicknamed the Rich, was a member of the House of Valois-Burgundy who ruled a collection of states that included the duchies of Limburg, Brabant, Luxembourg, the counties of Namur, Holland, Hainaut and other territories, from 1477 until her death in 1482. Count of Holland and Mary of Burgundy are counts of Holland.

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Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian I (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519) was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death in 1519.

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Peace of Westphalia

The Peace of Westphalia (Westfälischer Friede) is the collective name for two peace treaties signed in October 1648 in the Westphalian cities of Osnabrück and Münster.

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Philip II of Spain

Philip II (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent (Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598.

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Philip III of Spain

Philip III (Felipe III; 14 April 1578 – 31 March 1621) was King of Spain.

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Philip IV of Spain

Philip IV (Felipe Domingo Victor de la Cruz de Austria y Austria, Filipe; 8 April 160517 September 1665), also called the Planet King (Spanish: Rey Planeta), was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and (as Philip III) King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640.

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Philip the Bold

Philip II the Bold (17 January 1342 – 27 April 1404) was Duke of Burgundy and jure uxoris Count of Flanders, Artois and Burgundy.

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Philip the Good

Philip III the Good (Philippe le Bon.; Filips de Goede.; 31 July 1396 in Dijon – 15 June 1467 in Bruges) ruled as Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death in 1467. Count of Holland and Philip the Good are counts of Holland.

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Philip the Handsome

Philip the Handsome (22 June/July 1478 – 25 September 1506), also called the Fair, was ruler of the Burgundian Netherlands and titular Duke of Burgundy from 1482 to 1506, as well as the first Habsburg King of Castile (as Philip I) for a brief time in 1506.

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Robert I, Count of Flanders

Robert I (– 13 October 1093), known as Robert the Frisian, was count of Flanders from 1071 until his death in 1093.

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Stadtholder

In the Low Countries, a stadtholder (stadhouder) was a steward, first appointed as a medieval official and ultimately functioning as a national leader.

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States General of the Netherlands

The States General of the Netherlands (Staten-Generaal) is the supreme bicameral legislature of the Netherlands consisting of the Senate (Eerste Kamer) and the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer).

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States of Holland and West Friesland

The States of Holland and West Frisia (Staten van Holland en West-Friesland) were the representation of the two Estates (standen) to the court of the Count of Holland.

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William I, Count of Hainaut

William the Good (Willem, Guillaume; – 7 June 1337) was count of Hainaut (as William I), Avesnes, Holland (as William III), and Zeeland (as William II) from 1304 to his death. Count of Holland and William I, Count of Hainaut are counts of Holland.

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William I, Count of Holland

William I (c. 1167 – 4 February 1222) was count of Holland from 1203 to 1222. Count of Holland and William I, Count of Holland are counts of Holland.

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William I, Duke of Bavaria

William I, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing (Frankfurt am Main, 12 May 1330 – 15 April 1389, Le Quesnoy), was the second son of Emperor Louis IV and Margaret II of Hainaut. Count of Holland and William I, Duke of Bavaria are counts of Holland.

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William II of Holland

William II (February 1227 – 28 January 1256) was the Count of Holland and Zeeland from 1234 until his death. Count of Holland and William II of Holland are counts of Holland.

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William II, Count of Hainaut

William II (1307 – 26 September 1345) was Count of Hainaut from 1337 until his death. Count of Holland and William II, Count of Hainaut are counts of Holland.

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William II, Duke of Bavaria

William II of Bavaria (5 April 1365—31 May 1417) was Duke of Bavaria-Straubing and count of Holland (listed as William VI), Hainaut (listed as William IV) and Zeeland. Count of Holland and William II, Duke of Bavaria are counts of Holland.

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William the Silent

William the Silent or William the Taciturn (Willem de Zwijger; 24 April 153310 July 1584), more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange (Willem van Oranje), was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) and resulted in the formal independence of the United Provinces in 1648.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_Holland

Also known as Count of Frisia, Count of Holland William, Count of West Friesland, Counts of Holland, Counts of Holland family tree, House of Holland (nobility).

, Philip the Bold, Philip the Good, Philip the Handsome, Robert I, Count of Flanders, Stadtholder, States General of the Netherlands, States of Holland and West Friesland, William I, Count of Hainaut, William I, Count of Holland, William I, Duke of Bavaria, William II of Holland, William II, Count of Hainaut, William II, Duke of Bavaria, William the Silent.

Count of Holland, the Glossary

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See also

Counts of Holland

Countships of the Netherlands

County of Holland

Lists of Dutch nobility

Lists of nobility of the Holy Roman Empire

Ruling families of the County of Holland

References