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Bertha van Arkel van Heukelom

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Birthplace: Heukelom, Oisterwijk, NB, Netherlands
Death: February 25, 1322 (56-57)
I Jsselstein, IJsselstein, UT, Netherlands
Place of Burial: St. Nicolaaskerk, IJsselstein (Utrecht)
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Daughter of Otto I Herbarensz van der Lede and Mechteld van Heukelom
Wife of NN van Arkel and Lord of Amstel, Knight Gijsbrecht van Amstel, IV
Mother of Arnold van Amstel van IJsselstein, Oudshoorn en Aarlanderveen; Herbaren van IJsselstein; Agnes van Amstel van Montfoort and Otto van Ijsselstein
Sister of Graaf Otto van Heukelom van Heukelom, II, Heer van Heukelom and Hagestein; Layse (Elisabeth) van Heukelom; Herbaren Ottosz. van Heukelom; Jan I van Arkel, Heer van Heukelom; Mabelia van Arkel, vrouwe van Heukelom and 1 other

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About Bertha van Arkel van Heukelom

"Bertha van Heukelom (died 1322), was a Dutch noble, the legendary heroine of the Siege of IJsselstein Castle in 1296. She was the daughter of Otto I van Arkel lord of Heukelom (fl. 1254-1283) and married around 1280 to Gijsbrecht van IJsselstein (d. 1344).

"In 1296, her spouse was imprisoned in Culemborg by Hubrecht van Vianen of Culemborg as a loyalist of the County of Holland, in the then ongoing local feud between Holland and the bishopric of Utrecht. Bertha defended the castle against the siege by Culemborg during the imprisonment of her spouse. Her defense has been written about since the Middle Ages and made her a local heroine."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_van_Heukelom

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Bertha van Arkel van Heukelom's Timeline

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Heukelom, Oisterwijk, NB, Netherlands
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IJsselstein, IJsselstein, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Netherlands
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February 25, 1322
Age 57
I Jsselstein, IJsselstein, UT, Netherlands
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St. Nicolaaskerk, IJsselstein (Utrecht)