Floris van Egmont
Floris van Egmond, Count of Buren ( also Florens, Florence, Florent ) (* 1469, † October 14, 1539 ) was a Dutch statesman and military in Habsburg service. He was the first governor ( stadtholder ) the rule of Friesland.
Family
He was the son of Frederik van Egmont ( 1440-1521 to ) and Aleida van Culemborg († 1471 ). He married in 1500 Margaret of glymes Mountains. The son Maximiliaan van Egmond was governor of Friesland. The daughter Anna married in 1523 Joseph de Montmorency -Nivelle. As a widow she married in 1530 Count Johann von Hoorn. A son of this marriage was Philippe de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn.
He was Count of Buren and Leerdam, Lord of Ysselstein, Kortgene, Jaarsveld, Sint- Maartensdijk, Eindhoven and Cranendonck.
Life
He was since the 1490s Chamberlain with Philip the Fair, Duke of Burgundy. He accompanied Philip on his journey to Spain in the years 1501 to 1503. Mitbefehlshaber 1504 He was a force that crossed over the Maas and the Duke of funds took away several fixed places. Philip took him in 1505 to the Order of the Golden Fleece. In 1506 he was inducted into the Council of Margaret of Austria. In 1510 he was captain of the Bishop Frederick of Utrecht in its feud with Charles of Egmond. The favorable outcome for the Bishop was particularly merit of Floris van Egmond. The city of Utrecht, which was traditionally an enemy of the lords of Ysselstein, the close relationship between Egmond and the Bishop looked reluctant. An attack also failed as the experimental Egmond to mugged Utrecht. However, this was linked the resurgence of the conflict of the Habsburgs with the duchy of Guelders. At times he was onder - Stadhouder ( Under governor ). Its main purpose was military support for his uncle John III. of Egmond.
After the Habsburgs acquired in 1515 parts of Friesland, Floris van Egmond was the first governor of the new rule. He eliminated the gelderische Party and defeated the rebels in Workum and brought the besieged by the Duke of funds city of Leeuwarden relief. A post he retained a number of questions to 1518th According to other data, he had him still in the appointment year to Henry III. depart from Nassau. Anyway, he was still active in 1517 the Frisian affairs, he has yet to make 1517 the Count Edzard of East Frisia to the allies.
In 1522 he received a military command against France. He managed to bring the city Doulens in his possession. Together with the allied British, he penetrated almost to Corbie. In the following campaign he was successful with the British. We have taken different cities and won battles. After all, he was only eleven hours before Paris, before he took up the retreat, not without taking other cities.
In 1528 he led a successful campaign against the Duke of funds. Since 1531 he was a member of the Dutch Council of State. In 1536 he was instrumental in the formation of a contract between the Duke of funds and Karl V. involved. As an imperial lieutenant general, he commanded the 1537 on the border of Artois contracted army. In the campaign, among others, St. Paul was taken by storm. Here, thousands of people were killed in the thrill of victory. The city was set on fire on command Egmond and destroyed the fortifications. Then he conquered Montreuil, but not the more strategic Therouanne. Van Egmond was Captain-General at the end.
Culture and Religion
Erasmus of Rotterdam was with his work Panegyricus also the work of Floris worthy, but called him not in the printing of the work in 1504. It probably played a role that Erasmus himself, gradually turned away from the imperial party in which Floris van Egmond played a central role. Willem Hermans, however, devoted Floris van Egmond in 1513 his translation of Greek fables. At the beginning of the Reformation, he was one of the few great nobles of the Netherlands, who showed some interest in the Lutheran theology. An output of a font of Johannes Bugenhagen shows his coat of arms, and his wife fostered some evangelical preacher.