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Dirk III (also called Dirik or Theodoric) was the count with jurisdiction over what would become the county of Holland, often referred to in this period as "West Frisia", from 993 to 27 May 1039. Until 1005, this was under regency of his mother.
Dirk VI, Count of Holland, 1114–1157, and his mother Petronella visiting the work on the Egmond Abbey, Charles Rochussen, 1881. Count Willem II of Holland Granting Privileges by Caesar van Everdingen and Pieter Post, 1654. As a result of a promise he had made during the Frisian rebellion, Dirk III went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Second son of Dirk III and Othelindis of Saxony: 13 January 1049 – 28 June 1061: County of West Frisia: Gertrude of Saxony c.1050 three children 28 June 1061 Nederhemert aged 43-44: Regency of Gertrude of Saxony (1061-1093) and Robert I, Count of Flanders (1067-1093) Dirk V is the first to be called Count of Holland. Dirk V: 1052 Vlaardingen
This third Count Dirk is placed between Dirk I and II and numbered as Dirk I bis to avoid confusion with the already established numbering referring to the other counts of Holland named Dirk. The counts of West-Frisia ruled locally in the name of the archbishop of Utrecht, but over time, the counts of Holland came to dominate the bishopric of ...
993–1039, Dirk III, moved his court south to Vlaardingen; 1039–1049, Dirk IV; 1049–1061, Floris I, brother of Dirk IV; 1061–1091, Dirk V, fought a long war to claim his inheritance; 1091–1101, Floris II the Fat, the title "Count of Frisia west of the Vlie" was changed to "Count of Holland". Continues in Counts of Holland.
Dirk married Hildegarde who is thought to be a daughter of Count Arnulf of Flanders. [1] They had three known children. His son Arnulf became Count of Holland and Frisia after Dirk's death. The younger son Egbert [1] became Archbishop of Trier in 977. His daughter Erlinde (or Herlinde) was an abbess.
By the early 11th century, Dirk III, Count of Holland was levying tolls on the Meuse estuary and was able to resist military intervention from his overlord, the Duke of Lower Lorraine. In 1083, the name "Holland" first appears in a deed referring to a region corresponding more or less to the current province of South Holland and the southern ...
Only towards the end did Dirk III appear: he rode out of the castle, with a few retainers. They hurried towards Duke Godfrey, who was still alive and fighting, but had been cornered by the Frisians. Thanks to Dirk's intervention the duke was not killed. Dirk captured Godfrey, and took him to his castle. This ended the battle.