Hayes & Dand Ancestors and related families - House of
Holland - Counts of Holland (Medieval Rulers)
Egmond Abbey (St. Adalbert's Abbey) (The Netherlands) was
founded by Dirk I, Count of Holland, in about 920-925.
At least 16 members of the first ten generations of the House of
Holland family are buried in Egmond Abbey - including Dirk I,
Count of Holland (Died c.939) & his wife Geva.
House of Holland Family Tree
First five generations - from Dirk I, Count of Holland (Died
c.939) [Founder of Egmond Abbey] & Geva - to Floris I, Count
of Holland (Died 1061) & Gertrude of Saxony (Died 1113) -
with names in red for family members who are buried in Egmond
Abbey.
Portraits of Counts of Holland - in the Haarlem Town Hall /
Stadhuis, The Netherlands
19 panels of 15th Century portraits in the Haarlem Town Hall /
Stadhuis - portray 32 Counts & Countesses of Holland. Nine
of the portraits include portrayals of Dirk I through to his
11th Great-Grandson William III (14th Generation) as follows
[with panel numbers noted]:
(#2) Dirk I & his son Dirk II (d.988) & his son (#3)
Arnulf (d.993) & his son Dirk III (d.1039) & his son
(#4) Floris I (d.1061) & his son (#6) Dirk V (d.1091) &
his son (#7) Floris II (d.1121) & his son Dirk VI (d.1157)
& his son (#8) Floris III (d.1190) & his son (#10)
William I (d.1222) & his son Floris IV (d.1234) & his
grandson (#12) Jan II (d.1304) & his son (#13) William III
"le Bon" (d.1337).
Statues of Counts of Holland - Middelburg Town Hall / Stadhuis,
The Netherlands
25 statues of Counts & Countesses of Holland adorn the
façade of Middelburg Town Hall / Stadhuis - starting from left 8
of the first 13 include portrayals of Dirk V through to his 6th
Great-Grandson William III (9th Generation) - as follows:
(1st) Dirk V, 10th Count of Holland (d.1091)
(2nd) Floris II, Count of Holland (d.1121) - son of Dirk V
(3rd) Dirk VI, Count of Holland (d.1157) - son of Floris II
(4th) Floris III, Count of Holland (d.1190) - son of Dirk VI
(7th) William I, Count of Holland (d.1222) - son of Floris III
(8th) Floris IV, Count of Holland (d.1234) - son of William I
(12th) Jan II, Count of Hainault & Holland (d.1304) -
grandson of Floris IV
(13th) William III “le Bon”, Count of Hainault & Holland
(d.1337) - son of Jan II.
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