Family tree Geerts / de Waal » Lamoraal I van Egmont (1522-1568)

Personal data Lamoraal I van Egmont 

  • He was born on November 18, 1522 in Elzele, Belgium.
  • Profession: Vierde graaf van Egmont, elfde vrijheer van Purmerend, Purmerland en Ilpendam, heer van Hoog- en Aartswoud(e), Baer, Fiennes, Zottegem, Armentières en Auxy en (sinds 1553) de eerste prins van Gavere.
  • He died on June 5, 1568 in Brussel, Belgium, he was 45 years old.
  • A child of Jan IV van Egmont and Francoise (Francisca) van Luxemburg Fiennes
  • This information was last updated on August 21, 2018.

Household of Lamoraal I van Egmont

He is married to Sabina van Palts-Simmern Witselbach.

They got married on May 8, 1544 at Spiers, Germany, he was 21 years old.

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  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1522: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 27 » Combined forces of Spain and the Papal States defeat a French and Venetian army at the Battle of Bicocca.
    • June 26 » Ottomans begin the second Siege of Rhodes.
    • September 6 » The Victoria returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition and the first known ship to circumnavigate the world.
    • September 8 » Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation: Victoria arrives at Seville, technically completing the first circumnavigation.
  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1544: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 11 » Italian War of 1542–46: A French army defeats Habsburg forces at the Battle of Ceresole, but fails to exploit its victory.
    • May 7 » The Burning of Edinburgh by an English army is the first action of the Rough Wooing.
    • July 19 » Italian War of 1542–46: The first Siege of Boulogne begins.
  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1568: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 28 » The Edict of Torda prohibited the persecution of individuals on religious ground in John Sigismund Zápolya's Eastern Hungarian Kingdom.
    • May 2 » Mary, Queen of Scots, escapes from Loch Leven Castle.
    • May 13 » Battle of Langside: The forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, are defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother.
    • May 16 » Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
    • May 23 » Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau, defeat Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg, and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.
    • July 21 » Eighty Years' War: Battle of Jemmingen: Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva defeats Louis of Nassau.


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