94555208. Count Floris III of Holland & 94555209. Countess Ada of Huntingdon
1141, Floris born in Holland, s/o §§Count Dirk VI of
Holland & Countess Sophie of Luxemburg.
~1146, Ada born in Scotland, d/o 159916060. Prince Henry
of Scotland & 159916061. Ada de Warenne.
1157, Floris’ father died. (S) Historian’s History of the
World, Williams, 1907, P77.
[––Floris & Ada––]
9/28/1162, Floris III, Count of Holland married Ada, sister
of future King William the Lion of Scotland. Ada received the County of Ross as
a wedding gift.
6/1158, Floris accompanied Frederick I of Barbarossa to Italy,
capturing Milan.
1165, Floris in a dispute with the Bishop of Utrecht over a
new dam in the Rhine at Swammerdam.
1165, Floris and Bishop Godfrey by treaty stipulated that
they should divide equally the revenues of Friezland; with neither to levy taxes
without the consent of the other.
1167, Floris captured in war with Flanders. As part of his
ransom Floris had to accept Flemish overlordship of Zeeland.
1169, Floris, earl of Holland, demanding the Isle
of Walcheren, in Zealand, from Philip, earl of Flanders, obtained it on
condition that he send to Count Philip 1000 men, expert in making ditches, to
stop the breach near Dam or Sluse. (S) Encyclopedia of Civil Engineering,
Cresy, 1865, P214.
1170, A great flood caused immense devastation in the north
and helped to form the Zuider Zee.
5/29/1176, Floris accompanied Frederick I of Barbarossa to
Italy, losing at the battle of Legnano against the Lombard league. The Emperor
was wounded in the battle.
8/1/1177, Floris, Prince of the Realm, a guarantor for Emperor
Frederick in an agreement with Pope Alexander III. (S) Contemporary
Numistatics, Loon, 1995, P35.
1184, Floris took the cross of a crusader.
1189, Floris and his son William joined Emperor Frederick I [Barbarossa] for the 3rd
crusade. They traveled overland through Hungary, Serbia
and Bulgaria. [English and French led armies were also enroute.]
9/1189, The crusaders arrived in
Constantinople.
6/10/1190, Emperor Frederick drowned
in the Saleph river. [Many of the army turned around, but a force of about
5000 proceeded to the Holy land.] Frederic, duke of Suabia [s/o Frederick],
assumed command.
3/1991, The cursaders at Hellespont.
5/1991, The crusaders conquered
Iconium by siege.
1191, Floris died at Antioch of pestilence, buried near the
grave of Frederic I at St. Peter’s church in Antioch.
[––Ada––]
1195, Ada reconciled her sons Theodore and William [who were
at war].
1198, ‘comitis Florentii et Ade comitisse filius’ donated
property at Poeldijk bij Naaldwijk to the church of St Maria, Utrecht, in the presence of ‘Ada mater
mea, Willelmus frater meus comes Frisie, Margareta soror mea, Florentius frater
meus.’ (S) FMG.
[Undated] Ada made donations of £64 to the Abbey of
Middleburg, Holland.
1206, Ada died.
(S) Scotland’s Historic Heraldry, McAndrew, 2006. (S)
History of Holland and the Dutch Nation, Davies, 1851.
Family notes:
·
Floris III was the 1st Count of
Holland authorized by the Emperor to coin money stamped with the arms of
Holland.
·
Ada was known to be able to read Latin.
·
Other children: Florence – archdeacon of
Utrecht; Robert – governor of Kemmerland, and 4 daughters.
Children of Floris and Ada:
i. Theodore of Holland, born ? in Holland.
1191, Theodore succeeded.
Theodore married Adelaide, d/o Count of Cleves.
11/4/1203, Theodore died at Dordrecht; his daughter Ada his
heiress.
ii. William I of Holland (47277604), born ~1163 in
Holland.
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