William Wittelsbach IV Count Holland VI Count Hainaut V Count Zeeland 1365-1417

After 19th July 1353 [his father] Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria [aged 16] and [his mother] Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria [aged 11] were married. She by marriage Duchess Lower Bavaria. He the son of [his grandfather] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor and [his grandmother] Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress [aged 41].

On 5th April 1365 William Wittelsbach IV Count Holland VI Count Hainaut V Count Zeeland was born to Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria [aged 28] and Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria [aged 23].

In 1379 [his brother-in-law] William Jülich 3rd Duke Guelders 3rd Duke Jülich [aged 14] and [his sister] Katherine Wittelsbach Duchess Guelders [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Duchess Guelders, Duchess Guelders. She the daughter of [his father] Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria [aged 42] and [his mother] Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria [aged 37]. He the son of William Jülich II Duke Jülich [aged 52] and Marie Guelders Duchess Jülich. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1386 [his mother] Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria [aged 44] died.

In 1389 [his brother] John "Pitiless" Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria Straubing [aged 14] was appointed Bishop of Liège.

On 24th April 1390 [his brother-in-law] Albert Habsburg IV Duke Austria [aged 12] and [his sister] Joanna Sophia Wittelsbach Duchess Austria [aged 17] were married at Vienna [Map]. She by marriage Duchess Austria. She the daughter of [his father] Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria [aged 53] and [his mother] Margaret of Silesia Duchesa Lowwer Bavaria. He the son of Albert "With the Pigtail" Habsburg III Duke Austria [aged 40] and Beatrix Hohenzollern Duchess Austria [aged 28]. They were third cousins. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Westminster Chronicle. After these things the king went to Windsor, where he entertained the aforesaid lords quite lavishly with various dishes. There he made the Count of Ostrevant [aged 25] a knight of the Garter, and granted him 500 marks a year. Because of this the French gnashed their teeth, shamefully mocking the same count with laughter, because he had done homage and fealty to the King of England. The count himself cared little for their reproach, although he perceived that they were greatly grieved by it and clearly saw that they bore him ill will. For the aforesaid count was the son of [his father] Albert [aged 54], lord of Zeeland. When the feasts and banquets, honourably provided for them, had been completed, and when they had received gifts from the king and from other dukes and lords of England, the Germans and the French, having obtained leave from the lord king, returned to their own lands.

Post hæe rex perrexit Wyndeshoram, ubi diversis cibariis satis laute præfatos dominos conviviavit, comitem de Ostrenantz militem de la Gartere fecit ibidem, contulitque eidem per annum quingentas marcas ; propter quod frendent Francigenæ ipsum comitem cum cachinno turpiter irridentes eo quod fecisset homagium et fidelitatem regi Anglorum, de quorum improperio comes ipse parum curavit, quamvis percepit illos multum exinde dolere, et grave cor erga illum habere palam conspexit. Erat namque comes prædictus filius Alberici domini Selandiæ. Expletis quoque festis et conviviis satis honorifice eisdem exhibitis receptisque muneribus a rege et ab aliis ducibus et dominis Angliæ, Alemanni et Franci obtenta a domino rege licentia sua ad propria remearunt.

On 1st November 1391 Amadeus "Red Count" Savoy VII Count Savoy [aged 31] died. His son Amadeus [aged 8] succeeded VIII Count Savoy. [his sister-in-law] Mary Valois Countess Savoy [aged 5] by marriage Countess Savoy.

On 15th August 1393 Leopold "The Fat" Habsburg IV Duke Austria [aged 22] and [his sister-in-law] Catherine Valois Duchess Austria [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy [aged 51] and [his mother-in-law] Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy [aged 45]. He the son of Leopold "The Just" Habsburg III Duke Austria and Viridis Visconti Duchess Austria [aged 41]. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1394 [his father] Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria [aged 57] and [his step-mother] Margaret de la Marck Duchess Bavaria [aged 19] were married. She by marriage Duchess Lower Bavaria. The difference in their ages was 38 years. She the daughter of Adolph de la Marck [aged 60] and Margaret Jülich Countess Cleves and Mark [aged 44]. He the son of [his grandfather] Louis Wittelsbach IV Holy Roman Emperor and [his grandmother] Margaret Hainaut Holy Roman Empress. They were half fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 21st January 1397 [his brother] Albert Wittelsbach II Duke Bavaria Straubing [aged 28] died.

Around 1399 William Wittelsbach IV Count Holland VI Count Hainaut V Count Zeeland [aged 33] was appointed 82nd Knight of the Garter by King Richard II of England [aged 31].

In 1400 [his sister] Katherine Wittelsbach Duchess Guelders [aged 38] died.

On 15th July 1401 [his daughter] Jacqueline Wittelsbach Duchess Brabant and Gloucester was born to William Wittelsbach IV Count Holland VI Count Hainaut V Count Zeeland [aged 36] and [his wife] Margaret Valois Countess Holland [aged 26]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married 1. 1415 her second cousin John Valois 2. 1418 her first cousin John Valois IV Duke Brabant, son of Anthony Valois Duke Brabant and Jeanne Luxembourg Duchess Brabant 3. 1423 her third cousin Humphrey Lancaster 1st Duke Gloucester 4. 1434 Frank II Zeeland.

On 21st February 1402 [his brother-in-law] Anthony Valois Duke Brabant [aged 17] and Jeanne Luxembourg Duchess Brabant were married at Arras. She by marriage Duchess Brabant. She the daughter of Waleran Luxembourg Count of Saint Pol and Ligny [aged 47] and Maud Holland Countess of Saint-Pol. He the son of [his father-in-law] Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy [aged 60] and [his mother-in-law] Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy [aged 54]. They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 27th April 1404 [his father-in-law] Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy [aged 62] died. His son [his brother-in-law] John [aged 32] succeeded Duke Burgundy. [his sister] Margaret Wittelsbach Duchess Burgundy [aged 41] by marriage Duchess Burgundy.

On 13th December 1404 [his father] Albert Wittelsbach I Duke Lower Bavaria [aged 68] died at The Hague. His son William [aged 39] succeeded IV Count Holland, VI Count Hainaut, V Count Zeeland. [his wife] Margaret Valois Countess Holland [aged 30] by marriage Countess Holland.

On 9th April 1409 [his brother-in-law] Philip Valois II Count Nevers [aged 19] and Isabelle Coucy Countess Nevers [aged 23] were married at Soissons. She by marriage Countess Nevers. She the daughter of Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons and Isabelle of Lorraine. He the son of [his father-in-law] Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy and [his mother-in-law] Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England.

On 16th July 1409 [his brother-in-law] Anthony Valois Duke Brabant [aged 24] and Elisabeth of Görlitz Duchess Brabant [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Duchess Brabant. He the son of [his father-in-law] Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy and [his mother-in-law] Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy. They were second cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England.

On 15th November 1410 [his sister] Joanna Sophia Wittelsbach Duchess Austria [aged 37] died at Vienna [Map].

On 20th June 1413 [his brother-in-law] Philip Valois II Count Nevers [aged 23] and Bonne Artois Duchess Burgundy [aged 17] were married at Beaumont en Artois. She by marriage Countess Nevers. She the daughter of Philip Artois Count of Eu and Marie Valois I Duchess Auverge [aged 38]. He the son of [his father-in-law] Philip "Bold" Valois II Duke Burgundy and [his mother-in-law] Margaret Dampierre Duchess Burgundy. They were first cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

In 1415 [his son-in-law] John Valois [aged 16] and Jacqueline Wittelsbach Duchess Brabant and Gloucester [aged 13] were married. She the daughter of William Wittelsbach IV Count Holland VI Count Hainaut V Count Zeeland [aged 49] and Margaret Valois Countess Holland [aged 40]. He the son of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France [aged 46] and Isabeau Wittelsbach Queen Consort France [aged 45]. They were second cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1417 William Wittelsbach IV Count Holland VI Count Hainaut V Count Zeeland [aged 51] died.

On 8th March 1441 [his former wife] Margaret Valois Countess Holland [aged 66] died.