Jan Herbaren van Arkel II 1253

Jan Herbaren van Arkel II Sex: Male

Birth Date	1253 Arkel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Death Date	1297
Father	Jan I van Arkel, heer van den SIR de Sterke	Born: 1233 Arkel, Giessenlanden, Zuid Holland	Died: 1272
Mother		Born:

Jan Herbaren van Arkel
Notes:

He was a son of John I of Arkel and Bertha van Ochten . It was 1269 before a minor, so the regency was observed by his mother. Jan comes in several deeds for. In 1273 he bought the port of Gorinchem of the Count of Bentheim . From 1277 under the leadership of John II built miscellaneous dikes, such as the Zouwendijk "a dike between the rivers Lek and Den Donk. Also, there embankments were put into the Alblasserwaard to the Giessen [1] . Gorinchem arose around the first wall and were founded the first public buildings, such as the Holy Spirit Chapel, the Hospital Chapel and the Chancellery [2] . In 1281, he was beaten knighted by Floris V , Count of Holland. In 1288 he participated in Brabant side at the battle of worringen . In 1290 he acknowledged Floris as his lord for his castle in Gorinchem and received in return the right to make tolls. Jan was one of the signatories of a letter from the Dutch nobility to King Edward I of England . Floris borrowed in 1292 12.000 Dutch pounds of Jan van Arkel, Richoud of Noordeloos (no doubt a cousin of Jan) and the Vriese Lambrecht. When Floris was assassinated in 1296, Jan took with Mr Wassenaar and of Borsselen Holland governance temporarily in itself. In 1297, he was killed at the Battle of Vronen . He was buried in Gorinchem. Jan married Bertrouda of Fort Deposit, daughter of Gerard van Sterkenburg, with whom he had three children;

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Grand Children

Jan III Van Arkel

b.1275 Arkel, Giessenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
d.1324

1 IV Jan Herbaren van Arkel LORD b.1305

I Heer Otto van Arkel b.1330

Jan V heer van Arkel b.1362

Otto Van Arkal b.1400

Ancestors Chart

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SIR de Sterke Jan van Arkel, heer van den I b.1233 Arkel, Giessenlanden, Zuid Holland d.1272	Herbaren van Arkel van der Lede, Heer van Bergambacht II b.1201 d.1248	Floris Herbaren van der Leede I b.1175 Langerak, Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d.1207 See Notes	Herbaren Van Arkel van der Leede I b.1145 Langerak, Molenwaard, Zuid-Holland, d.1200	Folpert van der Lede b.1115 van der Lede d.1140	Heer Jan van Arkel, de Kruisvaarder III First Crusade See Notes	Heer Jan van Arkel II b.1022 IJsselmonde, Barendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d.1077	Heer Jan van Arkel I b.990 Zuid Holand, Arkel, Giessenlanden, South Holland, Netherlands d.1034	Foppe Heijmansz van Arkel van Heukelom b.972 Arkel, Giessenlanden, South Holland, Netherlands d.1000	Heijman van Arkel b.940 Arkel, Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d.1008	MORE>
								SIR de Sterke Jan van Arkel, heer van den I b.1233 Arkel, Giessenlanden, Zuid Holland d.1272
							SIR de Sterke Jan van Arkel, heer van den I b.1233 Arkel, Giessenlanden, Zuid Holland d.1272
						SIR de Sterke Jan van Arkel, heer van den I b.1233 Arkel, Giessenlanden, Zuid Holland d.1272





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