Name Petronilla Lorraine | ||
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Grandchildren Floris III, Count of Holland, Baldwin II van Holland People also search for Dirk VI, Count of Holland, Floris II, Count of Holland, Floris III, Count of Holland, Baldwin II van Holland Great grandchildren William I, Count of Holland, Dirk VII, Count of Holland | ||
Children Dirk VI, Count of Holland | ||
Petronilla of Lorraine and the Abbey of Rijnsburg in Rijnsburg, the Netherlands
Petronilla of Lorraine (c. 1082 – 1144) was Countess of Holland by marriage to Floris II, Count of Holland, and regent of Holland during the minority of her son Dirk VI in 1121-1129. She was a daughter of Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine and Hedwige of Formbach.
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- Petronilla of Lorraine and the Abbey of Rijnsburg in Rijnsburg the Netherlands
- Biography
- Issue
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Biography
Named after her maternal grandmother, she changed her name from Gertrude to Petronilla. After her husband's early death, she became regent for their son, Dirk VI. After Baldwin VII, Count of Flanders died without heirs, she supported her son's claim to become Count of Flanders, but Baldwin was eventually succeeded by Charles I. In the struggle for power between Dirk and his younger brother Floris the Black, she first supported the latter. At his second attempt, she refused to support him though.
Petronilla founded Rijnsburg Abbey, where she was buried after her death in 1144.
Issue
With Floris II she had the following children: