Name Baldwin van | ||
Role Dirk VI, Count of Holland's son Grandparents Floris II, Count of Holland, Petronilla of Lorraine People also search for Dirk VI, Count of Holland, Floris III, Count of Holland, Floris II, Count of Holland, Petronilla of Lorraine | ||
Great-grandparents Dirk V, Count of Holland Parents Dirk VI, Count of Holland | ||
Baldwin van Holland (died April 30, 1196 in Mainz) was a bishop of Utrecht from 1178 to 1196
Baldwin was the son of Dirk VI, Count of Holland and Sophia of Rheineck, and brother to counts Otto van Bentheim and Floris III, Count of Holland. Before Baldwin became bishop of Utrecht, he had been Archbishop of Bremen and chaplain of Henry the Lion. With a relative as Bishop, the count of Holland was about to expand his power in Utrecht. During his rule Baldwin was involved in struggles with Otto I, Count of Guelders over the Veluwe and Salland, and with the lords of Groningen and Coevorden. These wars resulted in numerous raids and plunders in the Oversticht, which weighed heavily on the bishopric's finances. After his death Baldwin was interred in St. Martin's Cathedral, Utrecht.