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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ellezelles</span> Municipality in French Community, Belgium

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lamoral, Count of Egmont</span> General and statesman in Flanders (1522–1568)

Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere 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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Philip de Montmorency, also known as Count of Horn, Horne, Hoorne or Hoorn, was a victim of the Inquisition in the Spanish Netherlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cape Egmont</span> Point in New Zealand

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">House of Egmond</span>

The House of Egmond or Egmont is named after the Dutch town of Egmond, province of North Holland, and played an important role in the Netherlands during the Middle Ages and the Early modern period. The main lines Egmond-Geldern, Egmond-Gavere and Egmond-Buren-Leerdam had high noble, princely rank.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Egmont Palace</span> Palace in Brussels, Belgium

The Egmont Palace, also sometimes known as the Arenberg Palace, is a neoclassical palace in Brussels, Belgium. It was originally built between 1548 and 1560 for Countess Françoise of Luxembourg and Count Lamoral of Egmont, though its appearance was heavily modified in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was partly destroyed by fire in 1892, after which it was once again reconstructed. Nowadays, it is used by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for receptions, as a guest house and conference centre.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anna van Egmont</span> Princess consort of Orange

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Egmond Castle</span>

Egmond Castle, also called the Ruins of Egmond, is a ruined medieval castle in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located in Egmond aan den Hoef in the municipality of Bergen and lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of Alkmaar. The castle dates from the 11th century and is the ancestral seat of the Egmond family, whose members became sovereign Dukes of Guelders, Counts of Egmond and Princes of Gavere, Counts of Buren and Leerdam. It is a national monument of the Netherlands.

Hawera was a parliamentary electorate in the South Taranaki District of New Zealand from 1896 to 1908. It was represented by two Members of Parliament over the four parliamentary terms of its existence.

The Mount Egmont Branch was a short but steep branch railway line in Taranaki, New Zealand, built to supply rail ballast for the Taranaki and Whanganui districts from a quarry on Mount Taranaki. Although officially known as a branch, the line was more akin to an industrial siding, with only ballast being carried.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Château de Lahamaide</span>

The Château de Lahamaide was a castle in Lahamaide in Hainaut, located in the municipality of Ellezelles, Belgium. It was the place of birth of Lamoral, Count of Egmont. Nowadays the stables only remain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Egmont Castle</span>

Egmont Castle or the Castle of Egmont is a castle in Zottegem, Belgium. It has been declared a cultural heritage monument.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Egmont Museum</span>

The Egmont Museum is a museum about Lamoral, Count of Egmont in the former Town Hall of Zottegem, Belgium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Egmont's crypt</span>

Egmont's crypt is a crypt on the market square in Zottegem, Belgium. The crypt contains the remains of Lamoral, Count of Egmont and his wife Sabina, Duchess of Bavaria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Statue of Egmont</span>

The Statue of Egmont is a statue of Lamoral, Count of Egmont in Zottegem, Belgium, dating from 1872.