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Birth:          ABT 1028 of Schweinfurt, Unterfranken, Bavaria
Death:          4 Aug 1113 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_of_Saxony
Gertrude of Saxony (c. 1030 – August 4, 1113), also known as Gertrude Billung, was a 
countess consort of Holland, and a countess consort of Flanders by marriage. She 
was regent of Holland during the minority of her son.
Biography[edit]

Countess of Holland[edit]

She was the daughter of Bernard II, Duke of Saxony[1] and Eilika of Schweinfurt. She 
married Floris I, Count of Holland (c. 1017 – June 28, 1061) c. 1050, and upon his 
death, her son Dirk V became Count of Holland. Since he was still young, she became 
regent.

When Dirk V came into power, William I, Bishop of Utrecht, took advantage of the 
situation, occupying territory that he had claimed in Holland. Gertrude and her son 
withdrew to the islands of Frisia (Zeeland), leaving William to occupy the disputed 
lands.

Countess of Flanders[edit]

In 1063 Gertrude married Robert of Flanders (Robert the Frisian), the second son of 
Baldwin V of Flanders. This act gave Dirk the Imperial Flanders as an appanage – 
including the islands of Frisia west of the Frisian Scheldt. She and her husband then 
acted as co-regents for the young count.

Family and children[edit]

She had a total of seven children with Floris I, Count of Holland:
1.Albert (b. c. 1051), a canon in Liege.
2.Dirk V (c. 1052, Vlaardingen–17 June 1091).
3.Peter (b. c. 1053), a canon in Liége.
4.Bertha (c. 1055–1094, Montreuil-sur-Mer), who married Philip I of France in 1072.
5.Floris (b. c. 1055), a canon in Liége.
6.Matilda (b. c. 1057)
7.Adela (b. c. 1061), who married Count Baudouin I of Guînes.

From her second marriage to Robert of Flanders she had five children:
1.Robert II of Flanders (c. 1065 – October 5, 1111).
2.Adela (d. 1115), who first married king Canute IV of Denmark, and was the mother of 
Charles the Good, later count of Flanders. She then married Roger Borsa, duke of 
Apulia.
3.Gertrude, who married Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine, and was the mother of Thierry 
of Alsace, also later count of Flanders.
4.Philip of Loo, whose illegitimate son William of Ypres was also a claimant to the 
county of Flanders.
5.Ogiva, abbess of Messines.

Parents
____ Bernard II (ABT  995 - 29 Jun 1059)
VON SCHWEINFURT Eilika (Elica) (ABT 1005 - 1059)

Siblings
____ Ordulph (Otto) (ABT 1022 - 28 Mar 1072)
OF SAXONY Gertrude (ABT 1028 - 4 Aug 1113)

Marriage To ____ Floris I (Florens) (ABT 1017 - 28 Jun 1061)
    m. ABT 1050 

Notes

Parents
____ Dietrich (Dirk) III (ABT  981 - 27 May 1039)
____ Othelindia (Otelhild) ( 998 - 9 Mar 1044)

Children by ____ Floris I (Florens) ABT 1017 - 28 Jun 1061
OF HOLLAND Adele (ABT 1050 - 1085)
____ Dietrich (Dirk) V (ABT 1052 - 17 Jun 1091)
OF HOLLAND Bertha (ABT 1054 - 15 Oct 1094)

Marriage To ____ Robert (Robrecht) I "de Fries" ("the Frisian") (ABT 1033 - 3 Oct 1093)
    m. 1063 

Notes

Parents
DE LILLE Baldwin V (19 Aug 1012 - 1 Sep 1067)
____ Adela (Adele) (Alix) (Adelaide) (ABT 1009 - 1079)

Children by ____ Robert (Robrecht) I "de Fries" ("the Frisian") ABT 1033 - 3 Oct 1093
OF FLANDERS Adela (ABT 1064 - 1115)
DE FLANDERS Gertrude (ABT 1070 - 1117)

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