The Statue of Egmont (Dutch: Egmontstandbeeld or Standbeeld van (Lamoraal van) Egmont) is a statue of Lamoral, Count of Egmont in Zottegem, Belgium, dating from 1872.
Three identical statues exist: another bronze copy of the statue stands in Zottegem since 1968 and in 1997 a bronze copy was placed in the moat at Egmond Castle in Egmond aan den Hoef in the Netherlands. [1]
In 1814, the Zottegem city council started a campaign to erect a statue of Egmont on the central market square. In 1820, sculptor Jan-Robert Calloigne presented a plaster model of Egmont's statue at the Ghent Salon of the Royal Society of Fine Arts and Literature. In 1824, a plinth on the central square. In 1835, the literary society De Suyghelingen van Polus organised a poetry contest about Egmont, [2] Winner Prudens van Duyse made a plea for a statue of Egmont. During the official opening of the newly built Egmont's crypt in 1857 Eugène Van Damme and Prudens van Duyse repeated their plea. The city of Zottegem bought the plaster model of the statue in 1862. In 1872, the statue was cast in wrought iron by Edmond Zégut in the French Usines de Tusey. On 14 April 1872, the statue was inaugurated. The text on the plinth reads: Lamoraal Graaf van Egmont, Heere van Sottegem, Heere van Gavere, Gouverneur van Vlaanderen en van Artesië, overwinnaar te Sint-Quintin 1557 en te Grevelingen 1558, onthoofd te Brussel den 5 juni 1568.
In 1968 (400 years after the beheading of Lamoral), the city thought the statue was too corroded, so a new bronze statue was made by Compagnie des Bronzes d'Art from Brussels. [3] On 9 June 1968, the statue was officially inaugurated. [4] The old wrought iron statue turned out not to be in such a bad state as previously thought, so it was transferred to Egmont Park in front of Egmont Castle.
In the 1990s, the Dutch town of Egmond aan den Hoef (cradle of the House of Egmont) got the idea of erecting a statue as well. In 1997, Dirk De Groeve from Hansbeke made a bronze copy of the statue in Zottegem. The statue was placed in the moat of Egmond Castle in Egmond aan den Hoef. It was inaugurated on 11 October 1997 by Josep Pons, the Spanish ambassador in the Netherlands. The text on the plinth reads: Lamoraal Graaf van Egmont 1522-1568, bedijker van de Egmondermeer 1565.
On 5 June 2018, simultaneous commemoration ceremonies were held at the statues in Zottegem and Egmont aan den Hoef to remember the 450th anniversary of the beheading of Lamoral count of Egmont. [5] [6]
Egmond aan den Hoef is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, and lies about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) west of Alkmaar. Until 2001, Egmond aan den Hoef was part of the municipality of 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.
Philip de Montmorency, also known as Count of Horn, Horne, Hoorne or Hoorn, was a victim of the Inquisition in the Spanish 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.
Egmond Abbey or St. Adalbert's Abbey is a Benedictine monastery of the Congregation of the Annunciation, situated in Egmond-Binnen, in the municipality of Bergen, in the Dutch province of North Holland. Founded in 920-925, and destroyed during the Reformation, it was re-founded in 1935 as the present Sint-Adelbertabdij, in the Diocese of Haarlem.
Egmond may refer to:
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.
Philip, Count of Egmont was the fifth Count of Egmont, prince of Gavere and 12th and last Lord of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam.
François-Joseph Kinson, was a Flemish painter.
John IV of Egmont was second Count of Egmont, Lord of Hoogwoud, Aartswoud and Baer, and tenth Free Lord of Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam. He belonged to the House of Egmond.
Count Hieronymus Lauweryn van Watervliet, or Jerome Laurinus of Watervliet, was a courtier at the court of Philip the Handsome, to whom Lauweryn was treasurer. He was also a courtier at the courts of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and of Margaret of Austria.
Frederik Willem Grosheide was a Dutch New Testament scholar. He served as Professor of New Testament at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He served as rector magnificus of that institution three times.
Johan Decavele is a Belgian historian and archivist who worked as head of the Culture Department of the City of Ghent. He has mainly published on the history of Ghent and of the Reformation. He contributed to the Algemene Geschiedenis der Nederlanden, Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques, Monasticon belge, The Golden Delta of the Low Countries and The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation.
Countess Walburga of Egmont, Dutch: Walburga Gravin van Egmont, was a countess from the House of Egmond and through marriage Countess of Nassau-Siegen.
Egmont Castle or the Castle of Egmont is a castle in Zottegem, Belgium. 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, Belgium.
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.
The archaeological museum of Velzeke is a museum located on the Paddestraat in Velzeke-Ruddershove in Zottegem, Belgium. It focuses on prehistorical times and the Gallo-Roman period. The museum opened its doors in 1972.
Brouwerij Egmond, also known as Sancti Adalberti, is a Dutch brewery in Egmond aan den Hoef that is connected to the local St Adelbert's Abbey. The brewery brews abbey beer: part of the profits goes to the abbey.
Distillery Van De Velde, a.k.a. Grain Jenever Distillery Betsberg, is a former jenever distillery in Landskouter. The distillery operated for about 175 years, but closed shortly after World War II.
