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Adelaide of Guelders
b: ABT 1182
d: 1218

Biography

Adelaide of Guelders (c.?1182 – 1218) was the daughter of Count Otto I ofGuelders and his wife, Richardis, the daughter of Duke Otto I of Bavariaand Agnes of Loon. Also known as Adelaide of Bellich or Alice ofGuelders.

In 1197 in Stavoren, she married Count William I of Holland. They hadfive children:
Floris IV (24 June 1210 in The Hague–19 July 1234 in Corbie, France),succeeded his father as Count of Holland
Otto (d. 1249), Regent of Holland in 1238–1239, Bishop of Utrecht
William (d. 1238), Regent of Holland in 1234–1238.
Richarda (d. 1262)
Ada (d. 1258), Abbess at Rijnsburg from 1239 until her death

Adelaide died in 1218, while her husband was away on the Fifth Crusade.She was buried in Rijnsburg Abbey.

Facts

ABT 1182 - Birth -
1218 - Death -

Ancestors

		Henry I, Count of Guelders -

	Otto I, Count of Guelders -

		Agnes of Arnstein - 1179

Adelaide of Guelders ABT 1182 - 1218

		Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria -

	Richardis of Bavaria -

		Agnes of Loon 1150 - 1191

Family Group Sheet - Child

PARENT (M) Otto I, Count of Guelders
	Birth
	Death
	Marriage		to Richardis of Bavaria
	Father	Henry I, Count of Guelders
	Mother	Agnes of Arnstein
PARENT (F) Richardis of Bavaria
	Birth
	Death
	Marriage		to Otto I, Count of Guelders
	Father	Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria
	Mother	Agnes of Loon
CHILDREN
F	Adelaide of Guelders
	Birth	ABT 1182
	Death	1218
	Marriage	1197	to William I, Count of Holland at Stavoren

Family Group Sheet - Spouse

PARENT (M) William I, Count of Holland
	Birth
	Death
	Marriage	1197	to Adelaide of Guelders at Stavoren
	Father	Floris III, Count of Holland
	Mother	Ada
PARENT (F) Adelaide of Guelders
	Birth	ABT 1182
	Death	1218
	Marriage	1197	to William I, Count of Holland at Stavoren
	Father	Otto I, Count of Guelders
	Mother	Richardis of Bavaria
CHILDREN
M	Floris IV, Count of Holland
	Birth
	Death
	Marriage		to Matilda of Brabant, Countess of Holland