Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Wilhelm I
Abt 1120 - 1176 (~ 56 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
Generation: 5
Generation: 6
1. Wilhelm I was born about 1120 (son of Gerhard IV); died in 1176. Notes:
Count of Jülich.
Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Jutta von Jülich died before 1218.
2. Gerhard IV was born about 1095 (son of Gerhard III); died in 1143. Notes:
Count of Jülich.
Children:
- 1. Wilhelm I was born about 1120; died in 1176.
Generation: 3
4. Gerhard III was born about 1070 (son of Gerhard II); died in 1128. Notes:
Count of Jülich. First of his line to be referred to as Graf von Jülich (comes de Julicho).
"A vassal of the Counts Palatine of Lorraine, he benefitted from their extinction, freed himself from old loyalties and took over several estates and important benefices. He became steward of the Romanesque churches of St. Gereon and St. Kunibert in Cologne, and began the rise of the counts of Jülich, as well as the related centuries-old conflicts with the archbishops of Cologne." [Leo vam de Pas]Children:
- 2. Gerhard IV was born about 1095; died in 1143.
Generation: 4
8. Gerhard II (son of Eberhard). Notes:
Mentioned 1051.
Children:
- 4. Gerhard III was born about 1070; died in 1128.
Generation: 5
16. Eberhard (son of Gerhard I). Notes:
Mentioned 1033.
Children:
- 8. Gerhard II
Generation: 6