Ermengarde of Zutphen
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Ermengarde of Zutphen was countess of Zutphen
(1122–1138), succeeding her elder brother Henry II, Count of Zutphen (her other two brothers had taken holy orders and died respectively). Their parents were Otto II, Count of Zutphen
and Judith of Arnstein.
She first married around 1116 to Gerard II († 1131), count of Guelders and of Wassenberg, and had :
Widowed, she remarried to Conrad II († 1136), count of Luxembourg, but the marriage remained childless.
Count of Zutphen
The title of Count of Zutphen historically belonged to the ruler of the Dutch province of Gelderland ....
(1122–1138), succeeding her elder brother Henry II, Count of Zutphen (her other two brothers had taken holy orders and died respectively). Their parents were Otto II, Count of Zutphen
Otto II, Count of Zutphen
Otto II, Count of Zutphen was a Dutch nobleman from the early 12th century. Otto was the son of Gottschalk, Count of Zutphen and Adelheid of Zutphen.Otto's maternal grandfather may be Otto of Hammerstein, who may have been the first count of Zutphen...
and Judith of Arnstein.
She first married around 1116 to Gerard II († 1131), count of Guelders and of Wassenberg, and had :
- Henry I († 1182), count of Guelders and of Zutphen
- Adélaïde, married Ekbert, count of Tecklenburg
- Salomé († 1167), married Henry I, count of Wildeshausen
Widowed, she remarried to Conrad II († 1136), count of Luxembourg, but the marriage remained childless.