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Birth:          ABT 1141 of S-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Holland
Death:          1 Aug 1190 Antioch, Asia Minor

Notes
went on Third Crusade
companion of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floris_III,_Count_of_Holland
Floris III of Holland (1141 – August 1, 1190), Count of Holland from 1157 to 1190. He 
was a son of Dirk VI and Sophia of Rheineck, heiress of Bentheim.
Life[edit]

On 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 back. 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.

Family and children[edit]

He married 28 August 1162 Ada of Huntingdon, daughter of Henry of Scotland, 3rd 
Earl of Huntingdon and Ada de Warenne.[1] Their children were:
1.Ada of Holland (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.

Parents
____ Dietrich (Dirk) VI (ABT 1114 - 6 Aug 1157)
OF RHEINECK Sophia (Sofie) (ABT 1117 - 26 Sep 1176)

Siblings
____ Florenz (Floris) III "Crusader" (ABT 1141 - 1 Aug 1190)

Marriage To DE HUNTINGDON Ada (ABT 1146 - AFT 11 Jan 1204)
    m. 28 Aug 1162 prob Egmond, Holland

Notes

Parents
OF HUNTINGDON Henry (ABT 1114 - 12 Jun 1152)
DE WARENNE Ada (ABT 1120 - 1178)

Children by DE HUNTINGDON Ada ABT 1146 - AFT 11 Jan 1204
____ William (Willem) I (ABT 1174 - 4 Feb 1222)

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