Aleid van Holland, comtesse de Hainaut

Adelaide/Aleide van Holland Countess-Consort of Hainaut & Regent of Holland

Adelaide/Aleide was the daughter of Floris IV Count of Holland, and his wife Mathilde of Brabant whose sister Marie married Emperor Otto IV.

Adelaide’s brother William II Count of Holland twice became Anti-King of Germany & The Romans, in opposition to Frederick II in 1247 and Conrad IV in 1250.

Adelaide married John/Jean I of Avesnes Count of Hainaut in 1246. John/Jean was the son of Margaret of Constantinople Countess of Flanders and her 1st husband Bouchard d’Avesnes. When that marriage was dissolved, Margaret rejected her own children from that marriage and made the children of her second marriage, to William of Dampierre, her heirs in Flanders. The Avesnes children and Dampierre children fought over their rights and eventually the Avesnes children were granted Hainaut, while the Dampierre children held Flanders.

Adelaide and John/Jean I had seven children:
John II Count of Hainaut & Holland,
Joanna, the Abbess of Flines,
Bouchard, the Bishop of Metz,
Guy, the Bishop of Utrecht,
William, the Bishop of Cambrai,
Floris, Prince of Achaea,
and Baldwin.

Adelaide served as Regent of Holland for her nephew Floris V after his father (Adelaide's brother) William died, 1258-63, and continued to advise him after he took over.

After Floris V’s son died in 1299, Adelaide’s son John II Count of Hainaut succeeded to Holland as well.

Adelaide was a patron of various religious institutions, among them Cistercian houses and beguinages (community of religous women who did not take vows or withdraw from society).

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Adelaide of Holland

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• Born c.
• Died 1284 (aged 53-54)
• Buried Valenciennes
• Noble family House of Holland
• Father Floris IV, Count of Holland
• Mother Matilda of Brabant
• Spouse(s) John I, Count of Hainaut Issue
• John II, Count of Hainaut and Holland
• Baldwin of Hainaut
• Joanna, Abbess of Flines Bouchard,
• Bishop of Metz Guy of Avesnes
• William, Bishop of Cambrai
• Florent of Hainaut

Adelaide of Holland, Countess of Hainaut (Dutch : Aleide (Aleidis) van Holland; c. - buried 9 April 1284) was a Dutch regent. She was a daughter of Floris IV, Count of Holland and Matilda of Brabant. She was also a sister of William II, Count of Holland and King of Germany. She acted as regent for her nephew Count Floris V during his minority. Life On 9 October 1246, Adelaide married John I of Avesnes , Count of Hainaut . Like her mother, she was a patron of religious houses. Her religious interest is reflected in that three of her sons became bishops, and her one daughter became an abbess. She also insisted on a bilingual education for them. Between 1258 and 1263, Adelaide was regent of Holland in the name of her nephew Floris V . She called herself Guardian of Holland and Zeeland (Tutrix de Hollandie et Zeelandie). After he came of age, she continued to advise him. She died in 1284 at Valenciennes , but in 1299, with the death of Floris' son John I , it was her own son John II who inherited Holland through her. She gave Town privileges to Schiedam, which afterwards had the right to be called a city. In it she founded Huis te Riviere, which was then the second largest castle in Holland. Jacob van Maerlant dedicated his first poem, Geesten, to Adelaide. Issue With John I, she had the following issue: John II, Count of Hainaut and Holland (1247-1304) Baldwin (born after 1247, lived in 1299) Joanna, abbess of Flines (died 1304) Bouchard, Bishop of Metz (1251-1296) Guy , Bishop of Utrecht (1253-1317) William, Bishop of Cambrai (1254-1296) Floris , stadholder of Zeeland and Prince of Achaea (1255-1297)

References "Ancestors of Paul Bailey MCBRIDE" . Paul B. McBride's Genealogy. Archived from the original on 23 October 2006. Retrieved 2006-11-11. Sources Aleid van Holland at the Institute of Netherlands History (Dutch) Adelaide/Aleid of Holland collected and translated by Professor Joan Ferrante of Columbia University External links Women's Biography: Adelaide/Aleid of Holland, contains several letters to and from Adelaide.

Did not marry Siger le Carpentier