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Lamoral, Count of Egmont

1522 - 1568

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lamoral, Count of Egmont is the 3,594th most popular politician (down from 2,642nd in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 97th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Belgian Politician.

Lamoral, Count of Egmont is most famous for being a general in the Spanish army. He was also a Dutch nobleman and a member of the Egmont family.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lamoral, Count of Egmont ranks 3,594 out of 19,576. Before him are Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Boris Nemtsov, Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Michael Collins, and Postumus. After him are Isser Harel, László Sólyom, Rumen Radev, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, Karl Thopia, and Cao Huan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1522, Lamoral, Count of Egmont ranks 8. Before him are Şehzade Mehmed, Margaret of Parma, Ulisse Aldrovandi, Lodovico Ferrari, Eleanor of Toledo, and Sen no Rikyū. After him are Joachim du Bellay, Catherine of Ricci, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Shibata Katsuie, Gelawdewos, and Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans. Among people deceased in 1568, Lamoral, Count of Egmont ranks 7. Before him are Carlos, Prince of Asturias, Elisabeth of Valois, Albert, Duke of Prussia, Jean Parisot de Valette, Lady Katherine Grey, and Jacques Arcadelt. After him are Stanislaus Kostka, Andrés de Urdaneta, Sophie of Pomerania, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Nicolaus Olahus.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Lamoral, Count of Egmont ranks 123 out of 1,190. Before him are Leo Baekeland (1863), Henri Pirenne (1862), Ferdinand Verbiest (1623), Adriaen Brouwer (1605), Paul Deschanel (1855), and Jacques Arcadelt (1507). After him are Frans Snyders (1579), Catharina van Hemessen (1528), David Teniers the Younger (1610), Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724), Jacob Le Maire (1585), and Godfried Danneels (1933).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Lamoral, Count of Egmont ranks 38. Before him are Marie José of Belgium (1906), Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg (1240), Anne of France (1461), Guy Verhofstadt (1953), Elio Di Rupo (1951), and Paul Deschanel (1855). After him are Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724), Jacob Le Maire (1585), Ambiorix (-100), Charles Michel (1975), Louis II, Count of Flanders (1330), and Ermengarde of Hesbaye (778).

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