Wikipedia / Hamaland
Wikipedia / Hamaland
Hamaland (also Hameland) was a medieval Carolingian vassal county in the east of the modern-day Netherlands. Its name originated from the former Chamavi inhabitants that merged into the newly formed confederation of Franks. It is located east of the river IJssel and south of Salland (the original homeland of the Frankish Salii) and Twente (the original homeland of the Germanic Tuihanti). Hamaland and the Chamavi had since late antiquity been ruled by independent kings, before being subdued by the Carolingian Franks.
History
From the 9th century there was a Duchy of Hamaland, the rulers of which owned large parts of the middle, east and north of what is now the Netherlands. The same family also owned a large part of German Münsterland and more southerly estates, probably around Nassau. When the ruling Counts died out Hamaland became one of the core areas of the Dukes of Guelders, and thus became part of the Duchy of Guelders. Other lineages of the Hama-family became prominent in the Duchy of Cleve and the Bishoprics of Utrecht and Münster.
Nowadays Hamaland is part of the Dutch province Gelderland.
List of rulers of Hamaland
Period | Name | Notes |
Meginharding Dynasty | ||
? | ||
c. 794–800 | Son of Brunhari | |
? | Son of Wrachari | |
c. 855 | From the Matfriding family; possibly a son of Meginhard I | |
before 881 | Son of Wichman I | |
before 882 – 898 | Son of Meginhard II | |
898 – c. 915 | Brother of Everhard Saxo | |
c. 915 – c. 938-939(?) | Meginhard IV | Son of Everhard Saxo; revolted against King Otto I in 938–939 and was stripped of his titles |
before 936(?) – 966 | Son of Meginhard IV; in 966 he granted the comital rights to the Imperial Abbey of Elten, a move contested by his eldest daughter Adela | |
Immedinger Dynasty | ||
– 995 | Immed | Husband of Adela of Hamaland, daughter of Wichman IV |
995 – 1017 | Son of Immed; possibly murdered by Balderic | |
Non-dynastic | ||
1017–1018 | Second husband of Adela of Hamaland | |
House of Verdun (Ardennes–Verdun) | ||
1018 – 1023 | Son-in-law of Dietrich? | |
1023 – 1044 | Brother of Godfrey | |
1044 – 1046 | Son of Gozelo I; revolted against the Emperor and was stripped of his titles | |
Flamenses (House of Wassenberg) | ||
1046 – 1052 | Gerard II of Wassenberg | Son of Gerard I Flamens, married to a daughter of Dietrich |
For subsequent rulers, see List of counts and dukes of Guelders |
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