Family tree Hans Meijer » Graaf Floris van Egmont (± 1470-1539)

Personal data Graaf Floris van Egmont 

  • He was born about 1470.
  • (Adelijke titel) in the year 1521.
    - Graaf van Buren en Leerdam,
    - heer van IJsselstein en Sint-Maartensdijk.
    Hij was stadhouder van Gelre (1507-1511) en stadhoudervanFriesland (1515-1518). Ook was hij heer van EindhovenenCranendonck (1521-1539).
    Zijn bijnaam was Fleurken Dunbier.
  • (tekst) in the year 1525.
    Vanaf het begin van de jaren 1490 was hij alskamerheeropgenomen in de hofhouding van Filips de Schone.Na diensoverlijden zetelde Floris in de Hofraad vanMargaretha vanOostenrijk, landsvoogdes van de Nederlanden.In 1505 werdhij ridder in de Orde van het Gulden Vlies.

    Als stadhouder (1507-1511) vertegenwoordigde FlorisdeHabsburgse regering in die delen van Gelre diezijbeheerste. In 1515 werd hij de eerste stadhoudervanFriesland.

    Floris was tevens legerleider: in 1523 werd hijalsbevelhebber van een Nederlands leger aangesteld datsamenmet Engelse troepen Frankrijk zou binnenvallen. In1536 wasFloris kapitein-generaal van het leger datopereerde in hetnoorden van de Lage Landen.
  • He died on October 25, 1539.
  • A child of Frederik van Egmont and Aleida van Culemborg
  • This information was last updated on April 10, 2010.

Household of Graaf Floris van Egmont

He is married to Margaretha van Glymes.

They got married on October 12, 1500.


Child(ren):

  1. Maximiliaan van Egmont  ± 1500-1548 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Floris van Egmont

Willem II van Egmont
1412-1483
Walburga van Meurs
± 1415-1459
Frederik van Egmont
± 1440-± 1521

Floris van Egmont
± 1470-1539

Floris van Egmont

1500

Margaretha van Glymes
± 1481-± 1551

Maximiliaan van Egmont
± 1500-1548

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    Day of marriage October 12, 1500

    • Graaf Filips II de Schone (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1494 till 1506 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
    • In the year 1500: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 26 » Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to set foot on Brazil.
      • February 17 » Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue the peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark, in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
      • March 29 » Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna.
      • April 10 » Ludovico Sforza is captured by Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
      • August 9 » Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503): The Ottomans capture Methoni, Messenia.
      • December 24 » A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia.

    Day of death October 25, 1539

    • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
    • In the year 1539: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 14 » Spain annexes Cuba.
      • April 19 » The Treaty of Frankfurt between Protestants and the Holy Roman Emperor is signed.
      • April 27 » Re-founding of the city of Bogotá, New Granada (now Colombia), by Nikolaus Federmann and Sebastián de Belalcázar.
      • May 30 » In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
      • June 10 » Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
      • October 6 » Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters.

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