Liutgard de Luxembourg, Countess of Holland 1
- Born: Between 965 and 970, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westphalia, Germany
- Married: May-Aug 980, Gand, East Vries Laanderen, Belgium
- Died: After 14 May 1005
- Buried: Egmond Aan Den Hoef, Noord Holland, Netherlands
Research Notes:
Thietmar names "the queen's sister Liudgard", recording that "the king attacked the Frisians with a fleet…to placate [her] fury", dated to [May/Jun] 1005 from the context of the text. The Annales Egmundani name "Lutgarda comitissa" as wife of "Arnulphus comes tertius [Hollandensium]" but do not give her origin, specifying in a later passage that they were "legally" betrothed in 980 at "coram rege Ottone".
Her origin is confirmed by the necrology of Ranshofen which records the death "III Id May" of "Liukart com soror Chunigundis imperatricis". The Chronologia Johannes de Beke records the death "II Id Mai" of "Lutgardis…sua collateralis" and her burial at Egmond. Beke's Egmondsch Necrologium records the death "pridie Id Mai" of "Lutgairdis uxor eius [Arnulfi comitis] filia regis Grecorum". 2
Marriage Information:
Liutgard married Arnulf Gerulfing, Count of West Friesland, son of Dirk II Gerulfing, Count of West Friesland, and Hildegard, comtesse de Flandre, May-Aug 980 in Gand, East Vries Laanderen, Belgium. (Arnulf Gerulfing was born in 961 in Gand, Flandre Orientale, Belgium, died on 18 Sep 993 in Battle of Winkel, West Friesland and was buried in Egmond Aan Den Hoef, Noord Holland, Netherlands.)
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