Floris IV (24 June 1210 – 19 July 1234) was the
count of Holland from 1222 to 1234. He was born in
The Hague
The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...
, a son of
William I of Holland and his first wife,
Adelaide of Guelders.
Floris succeeded his father in 1222. His regent was Baldwin of Bentheim. He acquired the
Land of Altena. He had constant disputes with the
bishop of Utrecht,
Otto II of Lippe, but helped him against the peasants of
Drenthe
Drenthe () is a province of the Netherlands located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and the German state of Lower Saxony to the east. As of Jan ...
in 1227. Floris fought in the
crusade against the Stedinger north of
Bremen in 1234.
On 19 July 1234, he was killed at a tournament in
Corbie,
France
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. He was buried at
Rijnsburg
Rijnsburg () is a village in the eastern part of the municipality of Katwijk, in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It lies on the Oude Rijn (Utrecht and South Holland), Oude Rijn, from which it takes its name.
History
Rij ...
Abbey.
Family
His brother was
Otto III van Holland.
Floris married, before 6 December 1224, his step-aunt
Matilda, daughter of Duke
Henry I of Brabant.
Little Chute History Society website, ''Family: Floris IV Count of Holland / Matilda van Brabant (F179392)''
/ref> They had five children:
# William II, Count of Holland (1227–1256), married Elisabeth of Brunswick-Luneburg; parents of Floris V, Count of Holland
# Floris de Voogd (ca. 1228–1258), Regent of Holland in 1256–1258.
# Adelaide of Holland (ca. 1230–1284), Regent of Holland in 1258–1263 married John I of Avesnes, Count of Hainaut.
# Margaret
Margaret is a feminine given name, which means "pearl". It is of Latin origin, via Ancient Greek and ultimately from Iranian languages, Old Iranian. It has been an English language, English name since the 11th century, and remained popular thro ...
(d. 1277), married Count Herman I of Henneberg-Coburg
# Machteld
References
External links
Floris IV, graaf van Holland
(Dutch)
1210 births
1234 deaths
Nobility from The Hague
Counts of Holland
People of the Stedinger Crusade
Accidental deaths in France
Burials at Rijnsburg Abbey
13th-century nobility from the Holy Roman Empire
13th-century counts in Europe
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