This is a list of all Lords and Counts of Egmont or Egmond.
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.
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.
Guelders is a historical duchy, previously county, of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Low Countries.
The Free or high Lordship of Purmerend and Purmerland and after 1618 Purmerland and Ilpendam was a type of local jurisdiction with many rights.
Lamoral is a given name mostly known from the noble houses of Egmond, Ligne and Taxis. The Dutch form is Lamoraal. The first known person by the name, Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522–1568) was since the 17th-century also known as Amurath, perhaps leading to the hypothesis that the name derived via French from the Ottoman sultan's name Amurath. Alternatively, his name may be derived from French "L'Admiral" [lamiral], as has been recorded for another person with the name and as Egmont was sometimes referred to in his lifetime.
People named Lamoral or Lamoraal include:
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.
William IV of Egmont was Lord of Egmond, IJsselstein, Schoonderwoerd and Haastrecht and Stadtholder of Guelders.
John III of Egmont was first Count of Egmont, Lord of Baer, Lathum, Hoogwoude, Aarstwoude, Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam, and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and West-Friesland.
The Buren County was a territory situated in what is now the Dutch province of Gelderland. It was an independent county until the establishment of the Batavian Republic in 1795. Although it was not formally part of the United Provinces, in practice it was governed by it.
Van Egmond or Van Egmont is Dutch toponymic surname meaning "from/of Egmond", a town in North Holland. Before 1811, the spelling of the name with a "d" or "t" was interchangeable. It can refer to any of the members of the House of Egmond (<1000–1682), of which better known members include:
Arnold I of Egmond, in Dutch Arnoud, Arend, or Arent van Egmond, was Lord of Egmond and IJsselstein.
William II, Lord of Egmond or Willem II, heer van Egmond was a ruling Lord of Egmond.
John IV of Glymes, 2nd Marquess of Berghes (1528–1567), Grand Huntsman of Brabant, was a noble from the Low Countries.
Walter II, Lord of Egmond was Lord of Egmond.
The House of Glymes was an old Belgian noble family, an illegitimate branch of the House of Reginarid, which ruled the Duchy of Brabant. Glymes or Glimes is a municipality of Incourt. Their descendants of the branch of Grimberghen are styled as the Prince de Grimberghen.
Egmont's castle or the castle of Egmont is a castle in the Belgian city of Zottegem. It has been declared a cultural heritage monument.
The Egmont museum is a museum about Lamoral, Count of Egmont in the former town hall of Zottegem in Belgium.