Charles de Brimeu (1524 or 1525 – 1572 in
Zwolle
Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is o ...
), was the last count of
Meghem
Megen or Meghem is a small city in the southern part of the Netherlands, in the province North Brabant, close to the river Maas. It is part of the Oss municipality. The number of inhabitants is approximately 1700.
History
Megen used to be the ...
, lord of
Humbercourt, of
Houdain and
Éperlecques. He was grandson of
Guy of Brimeu, who was beheaded in Ghent. He became the last ceremonial
Hereditary Marshal of Brabant of his family: he sold this ceremonial office to
Gaspard II Schetz.
Career
During his career he became
stadtholder
In the Low Countries, ''stadtholder'' ( nl, stadhouder ) was an office of steward, designated a medieval official and then a national leader. The ''stadtholder'' was the replacement of the duke or count of a province during the Burgundian and H ...
of
Gelderland
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(from 1556) and
Order of the Golden Fleece
The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece ( es, Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro, german: Orden vom Goldenen Vlies) is a Catholic order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in 1430, to celebrate his marriage ...
. He opposed the centralizing policy of
Philip II of Spain
Philip II) in Spain, while in Portugal and his Italian kingdoms he ruled as Philip I ( pt, Filipe I). (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( es, Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from ...
.
During the
Dutch Revolt
The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt ( nl, Nederlandse Opstand) (Historiography of the Eighty Years' War#Name and periodisation, c.1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and t ...
, however, he remained loyal to the crown of Spain, and in June 1568 defended
Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
successfully against
Louis of Nassau.
[M. Gachard, ]
Correspondance du duc d'Albe sur l'invasion du comte Louis de Nassau en Frise
in ''tirée des Compte-rendus de la commission royale d'histoire de Belgique'' Dying without direct descendants, his titles passed on to his niece
Marie of Brimeu (born in 1550 – died in Liege on 18 April 1605), wife of
Lancelot of Berlaymont then (from 1580) of
Charles III de Croÿ
Charles III de Croÿ (Beaumont, Hainaut, 1 July 1560 – Beaumont, 12 January 1612) was Seigneur de Croÿ, 4th Duke of Aarschot, 5th Prince of Chimay and 5th Count of Beaumont. He played an important role on both sides of the Dutch Revolt. He ...
. Marie, a convinced
Calvinist
Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca ...
, had a decisive influence on her second husband, until their separation in 1584.
References
External links
Charles de Brimeu, graaf van Megenby Anton van der Lem, includes many references
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Charles
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*k ...
Dutch stadtholders
Knights of the Golden Fleece
1572 deaths
1524 births
Nobility of the Spanish Netherlands