Everything about Dirk Vii Count Of Holland totally explained
Dirk VII of Holland (died
November 4 1203,
Dordrecht),
Count of Holland from 1190 to 1203. He was elder son of
Floris III and
Ada of Scotland.
There was civil war in the
Holy Roman Empire, so the emperor had to give to make friends.
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor supported Dirk by giving him the right to levy toll on Flemish traders in
Geervliet. Henry also gave the Grote Waard (
Dordrecht and surroundings) to Holland at the cost of the
bishopric of Utrecht. He made Holland inheritable for females. Dirk temporarily got the princely authority of the bishopric of Utrecht in 1196. This meant war with count
Otto I of
Guelders. Otto was defeated at the
battle of the Grebbeberg. A new bishop was elected in 1197, who took over princely authority again. The
Hohenstaufen Dynasty was losing the civil war, so count Dirk changed allegiance to the
Welfs.
The Frisians in
Oostergo and
Westergo supported his brother
William, who invaded Holland. William was supported by some of the
West Frisians as well.
Dirk allied with Otto of Guelders in 1202 and they both attacked
Brabant. Brabant claimed Holland, Utrecht and Guelders as dukes of
Lotharingia.
Den Bosch and
Geertruidenberg were sacked during this campaign. Duke
Henry I took Dirk prisoner at
Heusden. Dirk had to pay a high ransom. He had to accept the duke of Brabant as overlord in southern Holland, and the bishop of Utrecht as overlord in northern Holland.
His daughter Ada, inherited Holland in 1203.
Family and children
He married
1186 Adelaide of Cleves, daughter of
Arnold I of Cleves and
Ida of Louvaine. They had two daughters:
- Aleidis (d. ca. 1203).
- Ada, Countess of Holland (ca 1188–1227), married 1203 Louis II, Count of Loon, Count of Holland in 1203-1206.
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