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Adelaide of Holland

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Adelaide of Holland or Aleide (Aleidis) van Holland (ca. 1230 – buried April 9 1284, Valenciennes) was a daughter of Floris IV, Count of Holland and sister of William II, Count of Holland and King of Germany. On October 9, 1246, Adelaide married John I of Avesnes, Count of Hainaut and had the following issue:
  • Joanna, abbess of Flines (died 1304)

Between 1258 and 1263, Adelaide was regent of Holland in the name of her nephew Floris V. She died in 1284, but in 1299, with the death of Floris' son John I, it was her own son John II who inherited Holland through her.

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