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Dirk VII

Count of Holland from 1190 to 1203

Field	Value
name	Dirk VII
image	File:Graaf van Holland Dirk VII kopje penning (cropped).jpg
caption	Royal effigy on a silver penny of Dirk VII
succession	Count of Holland
reign	1190–1203
predecessor	Floris III
successor	Ada
spouse	Adelaide of Cleves
issue	Aleidis
Petronilla
Ada
father	Floris III
mother	Ada of Huntingdon
death_date
death_place	Dordrecht
place of burial

Petronilla Ada Dirk VII (died 4 November 1203, in Dordrecht) was the count of Holland from 1190 to 1203. He was the elder son of Floris III and Ada of Huntingdon.

Life

Due to a civil war in the Holy Roman Empire, Emperor Henry VI had to find ways to make friends. He supported Dirk by giving him the right to levy tolls on Flemish traders in Geervliet. Henry also gave Holland the Grote Waard (Dordrecht and its surroundings), at the cost of the bishopric of Utrecht. He also set aside the Salic law for the succession to the County of Holland, which meant that it could be inherited by a female heir. In 1196, Dirk temporarily gained the princely authority of the bishopric of Utrecht. This meant war with Count Otto I of Guelders. Otto was defeated at the Battle of the Grebbeberg. In 1197 Dirk van Are was elected as the new bishop. As such, he recovered the princely authority of Utrecht. The Hohenstaufens were losing the civil war, so Count Dirk changed sides and gave his allegiance to the Welfs.

In 1202 Dirk allied himself with Otto of Guelders, 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 of Brabant took Dirk prisoner at Heusden. As well as having to pay a high ransom, he had to accept the Duke of Brabant as his overlord in southern Holland and the bishop of Utrecht as his overlord in northern Holland.

15th century depiction of Dirk VII on his death bed and the marriage of Ada to Louis of Loon

Dirk died on 4 November 1203 and was succeeded by his daughter Ada, who lost the county to Dirk's brother William.

Family and children

In 1186 Dirk married Adelaide, a daughter of Count Dietrich II of Cleves and Ida of Louvain. They had three daughters:

Aleidis (died about 1203).
Petronilla (died before 1203)
Ada (c. 1188–1227)

References

title = Count of Holland | years = 1190–1203 | before = Floris III | after = Ada |

References

A. W. E. Dek ''Genealogie der graven van Holland'', Zaltbommel : Europese Bibliotheek, 1969., but without further sources; see [http://home.scarlet.be/~ijpelaan/Graven/Dirk-VII.html Dirk VII, graaf van Holland]{{dead link. (December 2016)
[http://www.historici.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/DVN/lemmata/data/adavanholland/en Online Dictionary of Dutch Women]

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