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province of

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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

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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

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, who eventually sold its titles to the

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. After the

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, both Guelders and Zupthen ended as part of the

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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 Megingoz (c. 920 – 998/1001) (nicknamed the Brown) was of unknown origin. At the end of the 10th century, he played a part in the history of what later came to be known as the county of Guelders. He is also named as Count of Avalgau. He marri ...

(† ap. 998/1001) *:Married

Gerberga of Lorraine Gerberga of Lorraine (c. 925–995) was a lady of the highest European nobility who became the wife of Megingoz of Guelders around 945. She was a daughter of Godfrey, Count Palatine of Lotharingia and Ermentrude, possibly the eldest daughte ...

* 1002-1025: Otto of Hammerstein († 1036), count of Hamaland, son of

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and Ermentrude, daughter of Megingoz and Gerberge *:married to Ermengarde of Verdun * 1025-1031:

Liudolf of Lotharingia Liudolf of Lotharingia, also Ludolf (c. 100010 April 1031), was Count of Zutphen and Waldenburg. He was born in Saxony about 1000, the eldest son of Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia, and his wife Matilde of Germany, daughter of the Empero ...

(† 1031) *:married in 1025 to Mathilde of Hammerstein, daughter of Otto I * 1031-1033: Henri I of Zutphen († 1118), son of Liudolf * 1033-1042:

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, 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:

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(† 1138), sister of the former, married: # Gerard II († 1131),

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(† 1136),

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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
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States and territories disestablished in the 1180s