Floris V, Count of Holland

Floris V
Effigy of Floris V on his seal
Count of Holland and Zeeland
Reign	1256–1296
Predecessor	William II
Successor	John I
Born	24 June 1254 Leiden
Died	27 June 1296(1296-06-27) (aged 42) Muiderberg
Buried	Rijnsburg Abbey
Noble family	House of Holland
Spouse(s)	Beatrice of Flanders
Issue more...	John I, Count of Holland Witte van Haemstede Catherina van Holland
Father	William II, Count of Holland
Mother	Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg

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.^[1] 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, said by some to have been arranged by King Edward I of England and Guy, Count of Flanders, made him a hero in Holland.