Dirk II, Count of Holland, (-
988)
Died 6 May 988
Married Hildegard of Flanders,
daughter of Arnulf I, Count of Flanders 918-964 and NN
Died 10 April 990
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Count Dirk II added Maasland, Kennemerland and the Island of Texel
to
his domain. This was formally acknowledged by Emperor Otto III as a
reward for his support. At about 940, Dirk II extended his influence
southwards by marrying Hildegard, daughter of the Count of Flanders,
a
descendant of Charlemagne and a great-granddaughter of Alfred the
Great, king of England. Dirk II and Hildegard replaced the wooden
church of Egmond with a stone Abbey church where both of them were
buried.
Source: Leo van de Pas |
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