Lamoral, Count of Egmont

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Lamoral, Count of Egmont
Portrait of Lamoral, Count of Egmont by Frans Pourbus the Elder.
Born(1522-11-18)18 November 1522
Died5 June 1568(1568-06-05) (aged 45)

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.[1]

  1. ^ Edmundson, George (1911). "Egmont, Lamoral, Count of" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 09 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 18–19, see final lines. He met his fate with calm resignation; and in the storm of terror and exasperation to which this tragedy gave rise Egmont's failings were forgotten, and he and his fellow-victim to Spanish tyranny were glorified in the popular imagination as martyrs of Flemish freedom. From this memorable event...is usually dated the beginning of the famous revolt of the Netherlands