Dirk, Count of Holland II
- 988
Generation: 1
1. Dirk, Count of Holland II (son of Dirk, Count of Holland (First) I and Genna Princess of Italy); died on 6 May 988. Notes:
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Dirk II, Count of West Friesland, was founder of Egmont Abbey.II married Hildegard of Flanders between 940 and 945. Hildegard (daughter of Arnulf, Count of Flanders I and Vermandois, Alix de) was born in 934; died on 10 Apr 990. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Arnulf, Count of Holland II died on 18 Sep 993.
2. Dirk, Count of Holland (First) I died about 939. Notes:
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Dirk I is son or grandson of Haghen, Count of Aquitaine (uncle of Charles
the Bald of France and son of Walter, Count of Teisterbant). Encyclopaedia
Britannica (1956; 11:668) states that the county was founded by "Rorik, of
Norman origin, ...in 862. His successor Gerulf, to whom the German king
Arnulf in 889 granted some possessions and rights in the region between the
Rhine and Swithardeshaga..., may be considered the first count of Holland,
notwithstanding the doubt that may be felt about his being the father of
Dirk I, whom tradition long held to be the first count."I married Genna Princess of Italy on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Genna Princess of Italy Notes:
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Genna is daughter of Pepin the Bald, a "king" of Italy.Children:
- 1. Dirk, Count of Holland II died on 6 May 988.