FLANDRE Hildegaert

0937 - 0980  (~ 43 years)

• Name	FLANDRE Hildegaert
  Birth	0937	Vlaanderen
  Gender	Female
  Death	0980	Egmond, Holland
  Notes	Hildegard van Vlaanderen, 936/7-975/80, ca. 949 married graaf Dirk n.: Dese Diederic goet ende waert Hadde een wijf, hiet Hildegaert, 600 Hovesch van seden ende van leven Ende vol doghentachticheden... [1] Hildegard van Vlaanderen (born 936/937 – died. 975/980), by marriage she became countess (gravin) van Holland. Daughter of Arnulf I, graaf van Vlaanderen (885/890-965) and Adela van Vermandois (910/915-960). Hildegard van Vlaanderen married in 948 or 949 Dirk II, graaf van Holland en West-Friesland (936/941-988). From this marriage at least two sons and one daughter were born [2] Aarnout (Gent 951-993), ook wel Arnulf Gandensis genoemd, die zijn opvolger werd [3] Egbert van Trier (952-994), aartsbisschop van Trier [3] Erlindis (953-1012) [3] possibly an Unknown daughter who married graaf Everhard van Doornik.[3] Diederik II died in 988. He was buried in the new abbey church of Egmond, in the grave in which Hildegard was buried eight years earlier. Their gospel book remained in the abbey for six centuries, then swirled around, and resurrected in Utrecht in 1805. Thanks to King Willem I, it has been in the Royal Library since 1830 [4] Marriage Husband: Wichmann Dirk II of Holland Wife: Hildegarde Luitgard of Flanders Child: Arnulf I Count Holland Marriage: Date: MAY Place: Belgium Burial Burial: Place: Abdijkerk, Egmond Aan Den Hoef, Noord Holland, Netherlands Sources ↑ Huygens KNAW Rijmkroniek van Holland (366-1305) pg 22 ↑ Source: Huygens KNAW: Carine van Rhijn, Hildegard van Vlaanderen, in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland. URL: Hildegard van Vlaanderen (936/937-975/980) 13/06/2017 ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Wikipedia Dirk II Graaf van Holland en West Friesland ↑ Koninklijke Bibliotheek Nationale bibliotheek van Nederland Evangeliarium van Egmond blog, 9 mei 2012 Collectiespecialist Ed van der Vlist Evangeliarium van Egmond The Evangelium of Egmond is a parchment handwriting that has become famous because Count Dirk and Countess Hildegard of 'Holland' had their image added to it in 975. More than a thousand years later, Dirk and Hildegard are the oldest Dutch of whom an image exists. Annalen van Egmond: de Annales Egmundenses tezamen met de Annales Xantenses en het Egmondse leven van Thomas Becket Uitgeverij Verloren, 2007 Projects MedLands Chapter 2. Counts of Holland 900-1299
  Person ID	I58600	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	FLANDRE Arnoul,   b. 12 Dec 0889, Ghent, Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium d. 27 Mar 0965, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	VERMANDOIS Adelaide,   b. Abt 0917, Vermandois, France d. 10 Oct 0960, Brugge, Flanders (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F26105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HOLLAND Diederic,   b. Abt 0928, Egmond Binnen, Noord Holland d. 06 May 0988, Abdijkerk Egmond, Noord Holland (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	0949
  Children	1. HOLLAND Arnulf,   b. Abt 0951, Gent, Graafschap Vlaanderen d. 18 Sep 0993, Winkel (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26104	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026