Background
He was a son of Dirk III and Othelindis.
He was a son of Dirk III and Othelindis.
He was involved in a war of a few Lotharingian vassals against the imperial authority. On a retreat from Zaltbommel he was ambushed and killed in battle at Nederhemert (called Hamerth at the time), on 28 June 1061.