Dirk II, burgrave of Gent

Burgrave of Gent

Count in Frisia

Events

Date of Birth: about 920 or 930.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimate is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 6 May 988.

Place of Death: Egmond.

The date and place are given by Cawley.

Place of Burial: Egmond.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

(possible) Father: Dirk I, count in Frisia.

This relationship is given by Poelman, by Cawley, and by Tanner. Blok states that he was either a son or grandson of Dirk I.

Mother: Geva.

This relationship is given by Poelman and by Cawley.

Spouse: Hildegarde.

This relationship is given by Poelman and by Blok. Baldwin discusses the possibility that she was a daughter of Arnulf I, count of Flanders.

Children:

Arnulf (died 18 September 993), count in Frisia, married Liutgard de Luxembourg.

Egbert (died 8 or 9 December 993). Imperial Chancellor.

Herlinde.

References

“Dirk II van Gent, burggraaf van Gent” in Archief IJpelaan. (2004)

Baldwin, Stewart. “Arnulf (Arnoul) I "the Great" or "the Old" (Arnulfus Magnus, Arnulfus Vetulus)” in The Henry Project.

Blok, D.P. "Dietrich II." in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 3 (Stuttgart: 1986).

Cawley, Charles. “DIRK” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

“DIRK II” in the Biographisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden (A.J. van der AA, e.a) deel 4, 185 (1858).

Poelman. “DIRK II” in Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek Deel 1, 717, 718. (1911).

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).