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Adelaide De Hollande, Countess Of Hainaut

Adelaide De Hollande, Countess Of Hainaut

Female 1230 - 1283  (53 years)


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  • Name Adelaide De Hollande 
    Title Countess Of Hainaut 
    Birth 1230  Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 9 Apr 1283  Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 9 Apr 1284  Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7691  footsteps | Ancestors, Beaufort, Charlamagne, Conqueor, Robert Capet II
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

    Father Floris Holland, Count Of Holland ,   b. 24 Jun 1210, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1234, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mathilde Brabant,   b. Abt 1190, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Dec 1267, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 6 Dec 1214 
    Family ID F779  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jean D'Avesnes, Comte De Hainaut ,   b. 1 May 1218, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1257, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years) 
    Marriage 25 Oct 1246  Hesse-Nassau, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Jean D'Avesnes, Count Of Hainault , II,   b. 11 Sep 1247, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Aug 1304, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F4561  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1230 - Netherlands Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - - Belgium Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 Oct 1246 - Hesse-Nassau, Germany Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 Apr 1283 - Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 9 Apr 1284 - Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 


    • On 9 October 1246, Adelaide married John I of Avesnes, Count of Hainaut . L i k e h e r mother, she was a patron of religious houses. Her religious i n t e r e st is reflected in that three of her sons became bishops, and her o n e d a u g hter became an abbess. She also insisted on a bilingual educatio n f o r t h e m.
      Between 1258 and 1263, Adelaide was regent of Holland in the name of he r n e p h e w Floris V. She called herself Guardian of Holland and Zeeland ( Tu t r i x d e Hollandie et Zeelandie). After he came of age, she continued t o a d v i s e him. She died in 1284 at Valenciennes, but in 1299, with the d ea t h o f F l oris' son John I, it was her own son John II who inherited Ho l l a nd t h rough her.


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