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Floris V, Count of Holland 1256-1296,
(1254-1296)
Born July 1254 Leiden
Died 27 June 1296 Muiderberg (murdered)
Married circa 1270
Beatrix of Flanders,
daughter of Guy de Dampierre, Count of Flanders 1278-1304, Count of
Namur 1263
and Mathilde de Bethune, Heiress of Bethune, Dendermonde, Richebourg
Born circa 1260
Died 5 April 1291
child by (a) Anna van Heusden,
daughter of Jan, Heer van Heusden
Children by (b) NN
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As he was only two years old when he became Count of Holland, his uncle
Floris 'de Voogd' (Regent) acted as his regent. However, when the latter
was accidentally killed at a tournament in 1258, it was his aunt Aleida
who became Regent of Holland from 1258 until 1263, when she was replaced
by Otto II, Count of Gelre. Then in 1266 Floris V was
declared to be of age when only twelve years old.
In 1274 he had to act against an uprising in Kennemerland and, in 1277,
he both banished his cousin Jan van Avesnes and forced the Bishop of Utrecht
to hand properties over to him. In 1284 he defeated the West Friesians
while at the same time involved in continual
quarrels over Zeeland with his father-in-law, the Count of Flanders.
For many years he sided with the English but, in 1296, changed his
alliance to the French. On 27 June 1296, instigated by the English, he
was murdered by Gerard van Velzen at Muiderberg. After the murder, Gerard
van Velzen and his supporters fled to hide at castle Kroonenburg. However,
an army under command of the Count of Cleves took the castle and the supporters
of Gerard van Velzen were beheaded. Gerard van Velzen was stripped naked
and placed in a barrel with long nails hammered in from the outside. Then
the
barrel was rolled through the streets of Leiden. While the castle was
raised to the ground.
Source: Leo van de Pas |
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