Lamoral, Count of Egmont
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.
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Portrait of Lamoral, Count of Egmont by Frans Pourbus the Elder. | |
| Born | 18 November 1522 |
| Died | 5 June 1568 (aged 45) |
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