Gerulf II of Frisia

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Gerulf, 'Count of Holland' (fl. 885) (Gerulf II, count in Frisia) may have been the father of Theodoric I (Dirk). Gerulf could have been the son or grandson of an earlier Gerulf (Gerulf I) who was also count in Frisia at the time of the reign of Emperor Louis I the Pious (fl. 833) and who later joined a monastery. He died in 855 AD.

There is some limited and vague evidence that this earlier Gerulf (Gerulf I) was a son of a certain Theodoric, who in turn is descended from the Frisian king Redbad (d. 719).

Gerulf II is claimed by some to be among those counts who assassinated their Viking overlord Godfrith the Sea King at a place named Herespich (modern Spijk) in 885. In Regino Chronicon, Liber de gestis regum Francorum, however, Godfried is described as one of the Emperor's (Charles III) enemies. In this version, the Emperor, realizing the region dominated by Godfried was inaccessible for his army, had his murder set up by a trick planned together with a certain Henry. In this sense, count Gerulf is not mentioned as taking part of this particular plot.