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Charles de Berlaymont (1510 in
Berlaimont
Berlaimont () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Population
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The commune ...
? – 1578 in
Namur
Namur (; ; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration.
Namu ...
?) was a leading
nobleman in the
Low Countries
The term Low Countries, also known as the Low Lands ( nl, de Lage Landen, french: les Pays-Bas, lb, déi Niddereg Lännereien) and historically called the Netherlands ( nl, de Nederlanden), Flanders, or Belgica, is a coastal lowland region in N ...
in the 16th century. He was an important counselor of
Margaret of Parma,
Grand Huntsman of Brabant Grand Veneur de Brabant or Grand Huntsman of Brabant was a feudal function at the court of the Duchy of Brabant.
History
Like other functions at the court, this was an exclusive position for certain noble houses. In the 16th, 17th and 18th centur ...
and generally sided with
Spanish politics in the early years of the
Eighty Years War.
Biography
He was the son of Michèl de Berlaymont and Maria de Berault. He was lord of
Floyon and
Haultpenne
Haultepenne Castle, also spelled ''Hautepenne Castle'' (French: ''Château de Hautepenne''), is a part medieval, part renaissance structure located in the village of Gleixhe in the municipality of Flémalle in Wallonia, Belgium. It is known for ...
, and baron of
Hierges
Hierges () is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region in northern France.
Hierges is located in the Meuse valley along the Belgian border.
Population
Sights and monuments
* Château de Hierges, a castle whose origins ...
.
In 1553, 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
Namur
Namur (; ; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration.
Namu ...
. Berlaymont was knight of the
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 ...
, senior hunting master of Brabant, Flanders and Namur, member of the Council of State, hereditary chamberlain of finances and
bailiff
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of the county of Namur. In 1567, he became a member of the much-dreaded
Council of Troubles
The Council of Troubles (usual English translation of nl, Raad van Beroerten, or es, Tribunal de los Tumultos, or french: Conseil des Troubles) was the special tribunal instituted on 9 September 1567 by Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of ...
. In 1574, his home territory
Berlaimont
Berlaimont () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Population
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The commune ...
was elevated to the status of a
county
A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposesChambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...
. In 1577, Berlaymont was one of the signees of the
Union of Brussels, which he immediately repudiated.
He is known for his famous comment on the
Compromise of Nobles in 1566. The nobles had come to
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
with a petition for
Margaret of Parma, governess of the Netherlands, hoping to stop the persecution of
Protestant
Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...
s. When Margaret asked who these people were, Berlaymont supposedly answered with "''Ce ne sont que des
geux''" (they are but beggars) after which the Dutch rebels promptly adopted the name
Geuzen
Geuzen (; ; french: Les Gueux) was a name assumed by the confederacy of Calvinist Dutch nobles, who from 1566 opposed Spanish rule in the Netherlands. The most successful group of them operated at sea, and so were called Watergeuzen (; ; frenc ...
as their own.
Issue
He was married to Adriana de Ligne Barbançon and had these children:
*
Gilles de Berlaymont
Gilles van Berlaymont (c. 1545 – 18 June 1579 in Maastricht) was stadtholder for the Spanish Crown of Drenthe, Friesland, Groningen and Overijssel (1572-1573), stadtholder of Guelders (1572–1577), substitute stadtholder of Holland, Zeelan ...
(ca. 1540 - 1579),
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 various territories of the
Seventeen Provinces
The Seventeen Provinces were the Imperial states of the Habsburg Netherlands in the 16th century. They roughly covered the Low Countries, i.e., what is now the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and most of the French departments of Nord (Fre ...
. Died at the
Siege of Maastricht (1579)
*
Louis de Berlaymont (1542 - 1596), archbishop of
Cambrai
Cambrai (, ; pcd, Kimbré; nl, Kamerijk), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department and in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, regio ...
and
prevost
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Places
* Prévost (electoral district), Quebec, a provincial electoral district
* Prévost, Quebec, a community in the Laurentians region of Quebec, Canada
** Prévost station
* Prevost, a community o ...
of
Saint Servatius in
Maastricht
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* Lancelot de Berlaymont, lord of
Beauraing
*
Claude de Berlaymont (1550 - 1587), lord of Hautepenne, governor of
Breda
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*
Florent de Berlaymont (ca. 1550 - 1626), lord of
Floyon, knight of the
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 ...
, stadtholder of
Namur
Namur (; ; nl, Namen ; wa, Nameur) is a city and municipality in Wallonia, Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration.
Namu ...
,
Artois,
Guelders
The Duchy of Guelders ( nl, Gelre, french: Gueldre, german: Geldern) is a historical duchy, previously county, of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Low Countries.
Geography
The duchy was named after the town of Geldern (''Gelder'') in pr ...
and
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
* Adrienne de Berlaymont (? - 1582), married John of Brandenburg
* Yolande de Berlaymont (1560-?)
* Marie de Berlaymont (?)
References
Bibliography
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Gilles van Berlaymont moordt Oudewater uit 1546 - 1579
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People of the Eighty Years' War
1510 births
1578 deaths