Floris V, Count of Holland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Floris V, Count of Holland

Count of Holland

Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1254

Place of Birth: Leiden, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 27-Jun-1296

Profession: monarch

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Floris V (24 June 1254 – 27 June 1296) reigned as Count of Holland and Zeeland from 1256 until 1296.
His life was documented in detail in the Rijmkroniek by Melis Stoke, his chronicler.
He is credited with a mostly peaceful reign, modernizing administration, policies beneficial to trade, generally acting in the interests of his peasants at the expense of nobility, and reclaiming land from the sea.
His dramatic murder, engineered by King Edward I of England and Guy, Count of Flanders, made him a hero in Holland.