Gerard was an influential knight in the court of the emperor Frederick II, but ffell from grace and the emperor destroyed Roermond in 1213 after a conflict between them. He fought the Bishop of Utrecht Otto II of Lippe over Salland but supported the Bishop in the Battle of Ane. He was captured in this battle in 1227.[citation needed] The chronicle of Johannes de Beke mentions that Gerard was killed in battle.[1] Another source mentions that Gerard was killed in a battle at Zutphen in 1229.[2]
gerard, count, guelders, gerard, guelders, 1185, october, 1229, count, guelders, zutphen, from, 1207, until, death, 1229, count, otto, guelders, sometimes, called, gerard, gerard, gerard, married, margaretha, brabant, daughter, duke, hendrik, brabant, matilda,. Gerard III of Guelders 1185 22 October 1229 was the Count of Guelders and Zutphen from 1207 until his death in 1229 He was a son of Count Otto I of Guelders and is sometimes called Gerard IV or Gerard V Gerard married Margaretha of Brabant the daughter of Duke Hendrik I of Brabant and Matilda of Flanders Duchess of Brabant in 1206 Gerard and Margaret s Tomb Contents 1 Life 2 Family 3 References 4 SourcesLife EditGerard was an influential knight in the court of the emperor Frederick II but ffell from grace and the emperor destroyed Roermond in 1213 after a conflict between them He fought the Bishop of Utrecht Otto II of Lippe over Salland but supported the Bishop in the Battle of Ane He was captured in this battle in 1227 citation needed The chronicle of Johannes de Beke mentions that Gerard was killed in battle 1 Another source mentions that Gerard was killed in a battle at Zutphen in 1229 2 Family EditGerard was a son of Count Otto I of Guelders and Richardis of Bavaria He married Margaret of Brabant the daughter of Henry I Duke of Brabant and Matilda of Flanders 3 They had Otto II Count of Guelders married first Margaret of Cleves daughter of Dietrich IV Count of Cleves and his first wife Mathilde von Dinslaken Then married second Philippe of Dammartin daughter of Simon of Dammartin Count of Aumale and his wife Marie Countess of Ponthieu Henry III of Guelders nl Bishop of Liege Margaret of Guelders Richardis of Guelders married William IV Count of Julich References Edit Chronologia Johannes de Beke 66c p 169 Kronijk van Arent toe Bocop p 116 Baldwin 2014 p 27 Sources EditBaldwin Philip B 2014 Pope Gregory X and the Crusades The Boydell Press Preceded byOtto I Count of Guelders1207 1229 Succeeded byOtto II nbsp nbsp This article about a person from the Netherlands is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article of a European noble is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gerard III Count of Guelders amp oldid 1178210401, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,