Cook Family Ancestry William II of Holland Count of Holland and Zeeland [8993] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

William I of Holland Count of Holland [8990]
(Abt 1167-1222)

Adelaide of Guelders [44603]
(1182-1218)

Henry I The Courageous Duke of Brabant [8557]
(1165-1235)

Matilda of Boulogne Duchess of Brabant [8558]
(1170-1210)

Floris IV of Holland Count of Holland [8991]
(1210-1234)

Matilda of Brabant , Countess of Holland [8992]
(Abt 1200-1267)

William II of Holland Count of Holland and Zeeland [8993]
(1228-1256)

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Spouses/Children:
Elizabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg [63478]

Floris V of Holland God of the Peasants Count of Holland [8994]+

William II of Holland Count of Holland and Zeeland [8993] ²⁴

Born: Feb 1228
Marriage: Elizabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg [63478]
Died: 28 Jan 1256, Hoogwoud at age 27

bullet General Notes:

Count of Holland 1234.

http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal03063

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_II_of_Holland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_Holland

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Count of Holland and Zeeland, 1235. Count of Holland and Zeeland (1235-1256).

• Acceded: German anti-king, 1247.

William married Elizabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg [63478] [MRIN: 551618565], daughter of Otto I Duke Brunswick-Lüneburgh [8546] and Matilda von Brandenburgh [8635]. (Elizabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg [63478] died on 27 May 1266 and was buried in Middelburg abbey church.)

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William II of Holland Count of Holland and Zeeland [8993] ²⁴