The title of Count of Zutphen historically belonged to the ruler of the
Dutch province of
Gelderland
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Zutphen
Zutphen () is a city and municipality located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It lies some northeast of Arnhem, on the eastern bank of the river IJssel at the point where it is joined by the Berkel. First mentioned in the 11th centur ...
being one of the major cities in the province during the
medieval
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period). The lordship was a vassal title before it eventually became a county itself.
The line of the Counts of Zutphen became extinct in the 12th century and the title passed again onto the rulers of
Guelders
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Geography
The duchy was named after the town of Geldern (''Gelder'') in present-day Germany. Though the present pr ...
, who eventually sold its titles to the
duke of Burgundy
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. After the
Guelders Wars
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, both Guelders and Zupthen ended as part of the
Spanish Netherlands
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until Gelderland became one of the provinces to revolt and form the
United Provinces.
Lords of Zutphen
The House of Zutphen comes into existence in 1018 when Otto of Hammerstein became the first Lord of Zutphen. In 1046 Emperor Henry III gave Zutphen to Bishop Bernold of Utrecht. The Lords of Zutphen did not recognize this gift, which lead to some confusion regarding who actually owned Zutphen.
* 920 – 998/1001:
Megingoz of Guelders († ap. 998/1001)
*:Married
Gerberga of Lorraine
* 1002-1025:
Otto of Hammerstein († 1036), count of Hamaland, son of
Herbert and Ermentrude, daughter of Megingoz and Gerberge
*:married to Ermengarde of Verdun
* 1025-1031:
Liudolf of Lotharingia († 1031)
*:married in 1025 to Mathilde of Hammerstein, daughter of Otto I
* 1031-1033:
Henri I of Zutphen († 1118), son of Liudolf
* 1033-1042:
Conrad († 1055), Duke of Bavaria as ''Conrad II'' from 1049 to 1053, son of Liudolf
*: married to Judith of Schweinfurt († 1106)
* 1042-1044:
Gothelo I, brother of Ermengarde of Verdun.
* 1044-1046:
Godfrey, son of Gothelo
* 1046-1063:
Godschalk of Zutphen († 1063)
*: married to Adelheid, sister of Conrad
* 1062-1101:
Otto II the Rich († 1113), son of the former. In 1101 he was elevated to Count of Zutphen.
Counts of Zutphen
* 1101-1113:
Otto II the Rich († 1113) Made Count of Zutphen in 1101
*: married Judith of Arnstein
* 1113-1127:
Henri II the elder († 1127), son of the former
* 1127-1138:
Ermengarde († 1138), sister of the former, married:
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Gerard II († 1131),
count of Guelders and of Wassenberg
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Conrad II († 1136),
count of Luxembourg
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* 1138-1182:
Henry III († 1182), count of Guelders and of Zutphen
Counts of Guelders
References
Sources
Genealogy of the count of Zutphen{{in lang, nl
Zutphen
Zutphen () is a city and municipality located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It lies some northeast of Arnhem, on the eastern bank of the river IJssel at the point where it is joined by the Berkel. First mentioned in the 11th centur ...
County of Zutphen
Zutphen
Zutphen () is a city and municipality located in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands. It lies some northeast of Arnhem, on the eastern bank of the river IJssel at the point where it is joined by the Berkel. First mentioned in the 11th centur ...
States and territories disestablished in the 1180s