John I, Count of Holland, Earl of Holland, Zealand and Lord of Friezeland

1284 - 1299  (15 years)

• Name	John I
  	Father: Floris V, Count of Holland (1254-1296) Mother: Beatrix of Dampierre (____-1291) [1, 2, 5]
  Birth	1284	Netherlands (Holland)   [3, 5]
  Education	Apr 1285 (1 years)  [5]
  In April 1285 he was betrothed to Elizabeth, a daughter of Edward and Eleanor of Castile. Soon after this the infant John was sent to England to be raised and educated there at Edward's court.
  Title(s)	1296 (12 years)  [1, 5]
  He became the Count of Holland in 1296.
  Death	10 Nov 1299	Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands   [1, 3, 5, 6]
  He died of dysentery, though there were rumors of murder. [5]
  Burial	Aft 10 Nov 1299	Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands   [3]
  Person ID, Branch	I21719
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, Countess of Hereford,   b. 7 Aug 1282, Rhuddlan Castle, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales Rhuddlan Castle, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, Wales d. 5 May 1316, Quendon, Essex, England (Age 33 years)  Other Partners: Humphrey de Bohun VIII, Earl of Hereford and Essex  m. 14 Nov 1302
  Marriage	8 Jan 1297	Priory of the Holy Trinity, Ipswich, Suffolk, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 13 years and 1 month - She : 14 years and 5 months.
  Information	In April 1285 there were negotiations with Floris V for Elizabeth's betrothal to his son John I, Count of Holland. The offer was accepted and John was sent to England to be educated. On 8 January 1297 Elizabeth was married to John at Ipswich. In attendance at the marriage were Elizabeth's sister Margaret, her father, Edward I of England, her brother Edward, and Humphrey de Bohun. After the wedding Elizabeth was expected to go to Holland with her husband, but did not wish to go, leaving her husband to go alone. It is recorded that while in Ipswich the King, in some outburst, threw his daughter's coronet into the fire: a great ruby and a great emerald were supplied by Adam the Goldsmith for stones lost as a result. After some time travelling England, it was decided Elizabeth should follow her husband. Her father accompanied her, travelling through the Southern Netherlands between Antwerp, Mechelen, Leuven and Brussels, before ending up in Ghent. There they remained for a few months, spending Christmas with her two sisters Eleanor and Margaret.   [3, 6]
  Children	They had no children together.  [3, 6]
  Family ID	F2266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Aug 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Birth - 1284 - Netherlands (Holland) Marriage - 8 Jan 1297 - Priory of the Holy Trinity, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Death - 10 Nov 1299 - Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands Burial - Aft 10 Nov 1299 - Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos

  Penny or 'kopje' with portrait of John I

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html). [S1569] Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage web site, (Wellington, New Zealand: http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm, 2019). [S1875] Verity, Brad. "The Children of Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford, Daughter of Edward I of England", (Vowchurch, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 6, 2014). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941). [S304] Wikipedia, John I, Count of Holland. [S304] Wikipedia, Elizabeth of Rhuddlan.