Ermengarde of Zutphen

Ermengarde of Zutphen
Countess of Zutphen
Reign1122–1138
PredecessorHenry II
SuccessorHenry III
Died1138
Noble familyvan Zutphen
Spouse(s)Gerard II, Count of Guelders
IssueHenry I, Count of Guelders
Adélaïde
Salomé
FatherOtto II, Count of Zutphen
MotherJudith of Arnstein

Ermengarde of Zutphen (died 1138) was countess of Zutphen (1122–1138), succeeding her elder brother Henry II, Count of Zutphen (her other two brothers had taken holy orders and died respectively). Their parents were Otto II, Count of Zutphen and Judith of Arnstein.

She first married around 1116 to Gerard II (d. 1131), count of Guelders and of Wassenberg, and had :

  • Henry I (d. 1182), count of Guelders and of Zutphen
  • Adélaïde, married Ekbert, count of Tecklenburg, and had Henry I, Count of Tecklenburg
  • Salomé (d. 1167), married Henry I, count of Wildeshausen

Widowed, she remarried to Conrad II (d. 1136), count of Luxembourg, but the marriage remained childless.