Floris V of Holland God of the Peasants Count of Holland [8994] ²⁴

   Cause of his death was Killed.

  General Notes:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floris_V,_Count_of_Holland

  Medical Notes:

Edward I now prohibited all English trade with Holland and conspired with Guy of Flanders to have Floris kidnapped and taken to France. The humiliated lords Gijsbrecht IV of Amstel and Herman of Woerden enter the scene again as part of the conspiracy. Together with Gerard van Velsen they captured Floris during a hunting party and brought him to Muiderslot castle. The news of the capture spread quickly; afraid of the people, four days later the lords together with their captive left the castle to get to a safer place. They were stopped by an angry mob of local peasants. In panic Gerard of Velzen killed the count, and the lords fled. Gerard of Velzen was captured later and killed in Leiden. The other conspirators fled to Brabant, Flanders and perhaps to Prussia, to which many colonists and crusaders from Holland migrated.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Count of Holland, 1256. Count of Holland: 1256\endash 1296

Floris married Beatrix of Dampierre [8995] [MRIN: 3778], daughter of Guy of Dampierre Count of Flanders [11383] and Matilda of Bethune [49011], on 25 Jan 1252. (Beatrix of Dampierre [8995] died on 5 Apr 1291.)