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Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere (18 November 1522 – 5 June 1568) was a general and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands just before the start of the Eighty Years' War, whose execution helped spark the national uprising that eventually led to the independence of the Netherlands.
Jun 1, 2024 · Lamoraal, graaf van Egmond was a leader in the early opposition to the policies of Philip II of Spain in the Netherlands. Although Egmond did not favour the overthrow of Spanish sovereignty, he became one of the first and most illustrious victims of the duke of Alba’s repressive regime (1567–73).
Lamoral Egmont, count of (lä´mōräl´, ĕg´mônt), 1522–68, Flemish general and statesman, member of one of the noblest families of the Netherlands. In the service of Philip II of Spain he helped defeat the French at Saint-Quentin (1557) and Gravelines (1558) and was governor of Brabant and Artois.
Apr 28, 2022 · Genealogy for Count Lamoraal Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavre (van Egmont), Graaf, prins van Gavere (1522 - 1568) family tree on Geni, with over 250 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
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- November 18, 1522
EGMONT (EGMOND), LAMORAL,, Count Of, prince of Gavre (1522-1568), was born in Hainaut in 1522. He was the younger of the two sons of John IV., count of Egmont, by his wife Fran901se of Luxemburg, princess of Gavre.
Jul 5, 2017 · Born at the Château de La Hamaide, in Hainault, 18 Nov., 1522; beheaded at Brussels, 5 June, 1568. He was a descendant of one of the oldest families of the Low Countries; his patrimonial castle, near the abbey of the same name, was on the coast of the North Sea, about three miles ...
Jul 23, 2020 · Lamoral of Egmont, as well as his relative the count of Hoorn, whose mother was a member of the house of Egmont as well, greeted the duke alongside William of Orange’s son upon his arrival.
