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1141 births1190 deathsCounts of HollandHouse of DunkeldChristians of the Third CrusadeHouse of Holland12th-century people of the Holy Roman Empire
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Floris III, Count of Holland
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| Floris III of Holland | |
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| Count of Holland | |
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| Reign | 1157–1190 |
| Predecessor | Dirk VI |
| Successor | Dirk VII |
| Born | c. 1141 |
| Died | (1190-08-01)1 August 1190 |
| Spouse | Ada |
| House | House of Holland |
| Father | Dirk VI |
| Mother | Sophia of Rheineck |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Floris III of Holland (1141 – August 1, 1190), Count of Holland from 1157 to 1190. He was a son of Dirk VI and Sophia of Rheineck, heiress of Bentheim.
Contents
1 Life
2 Family and children
3 Ancestry
4 References
5 External links
Life
On September 28, 1162, he married Ada, sister of king William I of Scotland, also known as William the Lion. The county of Holland adopted from him the rampant lion in the coat of arms and the name of William.
Floris III was a loyal vassal to Frederick I Barbarossa. He accompanied the emperor on two expeditions to Italy in 1158 and 1176–1178. Frederick thanked him by making Floris part of the imperial nobility.
The emperor gave Floris the toll right of Geervliet, the most important toll station in Holland at that time. This was actually the legalisation of an existing situation, because the counts of Holland had charged tolls illegally since the start of the 11th century.
Many farmers came to Holland to turn the swamps into agricultural lands. Dikes and dams were built and the border between Holland and the bishopric of Utrecht had to be determined. There was a dispute between Floris and the bishop of Utrecht about a new dam in the Rhine at Zwammerdam in 1165, which had to be settled by emperor Frederick. The brother of Floris, Baldwin became bishop of Utrecht in 1178.
War broke out between Flanders and Holland. Count Philip of Flanders wanted to have Zeeland back. Floris was captured in Brugge and had to accept Flemish overlordship in Zeeland as ransom in 1167.
During his reign Floris III had troubles with West Friesland and a war with Philip count of Flanders concerning their respective rights in West Zeeland, in which he was beaten. In 1170 a great flood caused immense devastation in the north and helped to form the Zuider Zee.
In 1189 Floris accompanied Frederick Barbarossa upon the third Crusade, of which he was a distinguished leader. He died in 1190 at Antioch of pestilence and was buried there.
Two sons of Floris III became Count of Holland: Dirk VII in 1190 and William I in 1203.
Family and children
Coats of Arms of the Counts of Holland.
He married 28 August 1162 Ada of Huntingdon, daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne.[1] Their children were:
Ada of Holland (died after 1205), married 1176 Margrave Otto I of Brandenburg.- Margaret (died after 1203), married 1182 Count Dietrich IV of Cleves.
Dirk VII, Count of Holland.
William I, Count of Holland.
Floris (died 1210), bishop of Glasgow.- Baldwin (died 1204).
- Robert
- Beatrix
- Elisabeth
- Hedwig
- Agnes (died 1228), Abbess at Rijnsburg.
| Preceded by Dirk VI | Count of Holland 1157–1190 | Succeeded by Dirk VII |
Ancestry
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References
^ Online Dictionary of Dutch Women
External links
Genealogy of Floris III : http://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-voorhaar/I5168.php
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- Counts of Holland
- House of Dunkeld
- Christians of the Third Crusade
- House of Holland
- 12th-century people of the Holy Roman Empire
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