Dirk VI GERULFING, Count of Holland
- Born: Abt 1114
- Married: Before 1137
- Died: 5 Aug 1157
- Buried: Egmond Aan Den Hoef, Noord Holland, Netherlands
 Research Notes:
The Annales Egmundani name "filios pusillos Theodericum, Florentium, Simonem" as the three sons of "Florentius crassus comes filius Theoderici" and his wife Petronilla. The Chronologia Johannes de Beke names "Theodricum, Florencium, Simonem ac Hadewigim virginem" as the children of Count Floris & his wife.
He succeeded his father in 1121 as DIRK VI Count of Holland, under the regency of his mother during his minority. Beke's Egmondsch Necrologium records that "Lotharius imperator avunculus Theoderici" took "comitatus de Ostergon et Westergon" from the church of Utrecht and granted them to the county of Holland in [1126]. The Annales Egmundani record that "Theodericus comes Hollandensis" made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1138. "Thedricus Hollandensium comes…cum conjuge mea Sophia comitissa et filio nostro Florentio" exchanged property with Epternach by charter dated 1156.
The Annales Egmundani record the death "1157 Non Aug" of "Theodericus comes filius Florentii crassi comitis". The Chronologia Johannes de Beke records the death "1157 Non Aug" of Count Dirk VI and his burial at Egmond. 1
Marriage Information:
Dirk married Sophie VON RHEINECK, Heiress of Bentheim, daughter of Otto VON SALM, Graf von Rheineck & Bentheim, and Gertrud VON NORTHEIM, Heiress of Friesland, before 1137. (Sophie VON RHEINECK died on 26 Sep 1176 in Jerusalem.)
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