See also
| Husband: | Floris III + (1141-1190) | |
| Wife: | Ada + of HUNTINGDON (1146-1206) | |
| Children: | Ada of HOLLAND (1163- ) | |
| Margaretha of HOLLAND (1164- ) | ||
| Dirk VII of HOLLAND (1165- ) | ||
| William I + (1167-1222) | ||
| Marriage | 28 Aug 1162 | |
| Name: | Floris III + | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Dirk VI + (1114-1157) | |
| Mother: | Sofie + (1117-1176) | |
| Birth | 1141 | Gravenshage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Count of Holland | |
| Title | frm 1157 to 1 Aug 1190 (age 15-49) | Count of Holland |
| Death | 1 Aug 1190 (age 48-49) | Antioch, Hatay, Turkey |
| Name: | Ada + of HUNTINGDON | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | Henry + of HUNTINGDON (1114-1152) | |
| Mother: | Ada + of WARENNE (1120-1178) | |
| Birth | 1146 | Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England |
| Occupation | Princess of Scotland | |
| Title | Princess of Scotland | |
| Death | 1206 (age 59-60) | |
| Burial | Abbey of Middelburg | |
| Name: | Ada of HOLLAND | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1163 | |
| Name: | Margaretha of HOLLAND | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1164 | |
| Name: | Dirk VII of HOLLAND | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 1165 | |
| Name: | William I + | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse 1: | Adelheid + of GUELDERS (1187-1218) | |
| Spouse 2: | Marie of BRABANT (c. 1173- ) | |
| Birth | 1167 | Gravenshage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Count of Holland | |
| Title | Count of Holland | |
| Death | 4 Feb 1222 (age 54-55) | |
Floris III of Holland (1141 – August 1, 1190), Count of Holland from 1157 to 1190. He was a son of Dirk VI and Sophie of Luxemburg, heiress of Bentheim.
[edit] LifeOn September 28, 1162, he married Ada, sister of king William I of Scotland, also known as William the Lion. The county of Holland adopted from him the rampant lion in the coat of arms and the name of William.
Floris III was a loyal vassal to Frederick I Barbarossa. He accompanied the emperor on two expeditions to Italy in 1158 and 1176–1178. Frederick thanked him by making Floris part of the imperial nobility.
The emperor gave Floris the toll right of Geervliet, the most important toll station in Holland at that time. This was actually the legalisation of an existing situation, because the counts of Holland had charged tolls illegally since the start of the 11th century.
Many farmers came to Holland to turn the swamps into agricultural lands. Dikes and dams were built and the border between Holland and the bishopric of Utrecht had to be determined. There was a dispute between Floris and the bishop of Utrecht about a new dam in the Rhine at Zwammerdam in 1165, which had to be settled by emperor Frederick. The brother of Floris, Baldwin became bishop of Utrecht in 1178.
War broke out between Flanders and Holland. Count Philip of Flanders wanted to have Zeeland. Floris was captured in Brugge and had to accept Flemish overlordship in Zeeland as ransom in 1167.
During his reign Floris III had troubles with West Friesland and a war with Philip count of Flanders concerning their respective rights in West Zeeland, in which he was beaten. In 1170 a great flood caused immense devastation in the north and helped to form the Zuider Zee.
In 1189 Floris accompanied Frederick Barbarossa upon the third Crusade, of which he was a distinguished leader. He died in 1190 at Antioch of pestilence and was buried there.
Two sons of Floris III became Count of Holland: Dirk VII in 1190 and William I in 1203.
[edit] Family and children
Coats of Arms of the Counts of Holland.He married 28 August 1162 Ada of Huntingdon, daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne. Their children were:
1.Ada (died after 1205), married 1176 Margrave Otto I of Brandenburg.
2.Margaret (died after 1203), married 1182 Count Dietrich IV of Cleves.
3.Dirk VII, Count of Holland.
4.William I, Count of Holland.
5.Floris (died 1210), bishop of Glasgow.
6.Baldwin (died 1204).
7.Robert
8.Beatrix
9.Elisabeth
10.Hedwig
11.Agnes (died 1228), Abbess at Rijnsburg.
Ada of Huntingdon (circa 1146 – after 1206) was a Scottish noblewoman and Countess of Holland by marriage.
Ada was born in Scotland, the daughter of Henry of Huntingdon (1114–1152) and Ada de Warenne (died circa 1178). Henry was the son of King David I of Scotland and Maud, Countess of Huntingdon, and Ada's siblings include the Scottish kings Malcolm IV and William the Lion.
In 1162 she was asked for her hand in marriage to Floris III, Count of Holland (circa 1132–1190) by the Abbot of Egmond, Holland. Together, the Abbot and Ada traveled back to Holland, where the wedding ceremony occurred, probably in Egmond, on 28 August 1162. Ada received the County of Ross in the Scottish Highlands as a wedding gift.
Ada was not actively involved in the governance of the County of Holland but was occasionally mentioned in documents. Floris, her husband was a loyal ally of the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II, and often went with him into battle. Dutch chronicler Melis Stoke states that she supported her son in the war with William of Cleves during the War of Succession. In addition, Ada is known to have read Latin. Ada died after 1206 and was probably buried in the Abbey of Middelburg, to which she had already made donations of £64.
Ada and Floris had 8 or 10 children, of whom some died young, including the following issue:
1.Ada (died after 1205), married 1176 Margrave Otto I of Brandenburg
2.Margaret (died after 1203), married 1182 Count Dietrich IV of Cleves
3.Dirk VII, Count of Holland
4.William I, Count of Holland
5.Floris (died 1210), bishop of Glasgow
6.Baldwin (died 1204)
7.Robert
8.Beatrix
9.Elisabeth
10.Hedwig
11.Agnes (died 1228), Abbess at Rijnsburg