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    of the family, including the Egmond van Merenstein (extinct in 1559), Egmond van Kenenburg (extinct in 1703), Egmond van de Nijenburg (Imperial Barons;...
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    Frisian peasant rebellion and the Guelders Wars. Charles was the son of Adolf of Egmond and Catherine of Bourbon. He born either at Arnhem or at Grave, Netherlands...
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    Adolf of Egmond (Grave, February 12, 1438 – Tournai, June 27, 1477) was a Duke of Guelders, Count of Zutphen from 1465 to 1471 and in 1477. Adolf was...
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    was born in Egmond-Binnen, North Holland, the son of John II of Egmond and Maria van Arkel. On 11 July 1423, Arnold, still a boy, succeeded Duke Reinald...
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    William IV of Egmont (Dutch: Willem van Egmond) (26 January 1412 – 19 January 1483) was Lord of Egmond, IJsselstein, Schoonderwoerd and Haastrecht and...
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    On 6 July 1551, William married Anna, daughter and heir of Maximiliaan van Egmond, an important Dutch nobleman, a match that had been secured by Charles...
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    importance and obtained the rebel leadership after their execution. Van Egmont ("Egmond") and De Montmorency ("Horn" or "Hoorn") both remained faithful Roman...
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    Wolfert VI van Borselen 1480–1483: Joost de Lalaing 1483–1515: Jan III van Egmond 1515–1521: Henry III of Nassau-Breda 1522–1540: Antoon I van Lalaing 1540–1544:...
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    teacher. Van Nierop was born and died at Nieuwe Niedorp ("Nierop"), Holland (now in North Holland). Several times he visited Rene Descartes in Egmond-Binnen...
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    followed the Burgundian example. After the death of Adolf of Egmond, Duke of Guelders in 1477, both Adolf's sister, Catherine, and Emperor Maximilian I claimed...
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