Jan van Brederode (

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, 1370/1372 – Azincourt, 25 October 1415) was lord of Brederode and during his life lay brother and soldier.

Life

Jan was the son of

Reinoud I van Brederode Reinoud I van Brederode (English: Raynald) (Santpoort, 1336–1390) was the 6th lord of Brederode. Life He was a son of Dirk III van Brederode and Beatrix van Heinsberg van Valkenberg. In 1358 Reinoud was appointed bailiff of Kennemerland by Al ...

and Jolanda van Gennep. In 1390 he succeeded his father as the 7th lord of Brederode. Jan had an elder brother named Dirk or Diederik, who had chosen for a life in a monastery, causing all inheritance to go to Jan instead. In 1396 he campaigned against the rebellious West-Frisians together with

Albert I, Duke of Bavaria Albert I, Duke of Lower Bavaria (german: Albrecht; 25 July 1336 – 13 December 1404), was a feudal ruler of the counties of Holland, Hainaut, and Zeeland in the Low Countries. Additionally, he held a portion of the Bavarian province of Strau ...

, and in 1398 he made a pilgrimage to

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to visit the St. Patricks Fire. After his pilgrimage Jan invested a lot of money in founding new

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and monasteries. In 1393 he married Johanna van Abcoude. After a childless marriage, they both decided to enter a monastery in 1402. The heritage of Brederode, which included large debts, was given to Jan's younger brother

Walraven I van Brederode Walraven I van Brederode (Santpoort, ca.1370/73 – Gorinchem, 1 December 1417) was Burgrave of Stavoren from 1400 to 1401, lord of van Brederode, Brederode from 1402 to 1417, and Stadtholder of County of Holland, Holland from 1416 to 1417. Li ...

. Jan entered the monastery Zeelheim in Diest as brother-abbot with the intention of putting his remaining life in the service of God. However, soon problems emerged, as his younger brother Walraven was taken captive at the Siege of Gorinchem and spent 7 years in captivity, held by Jan V van Arkel, lord of Arkel, which prevented Walraven from paying the debts that Jan had collected. In May 1407 William van Abcoude, father of Johanna van Abcoude, died. William's brother Gijsbrecht having died two years before that, the title and domains of

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fell to

Jacob van Gaasbeek Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Ja ...

, a nephew of the family. In the spring of 1409 Jan, with the intention of challenging Jacob van Gaasbeek's inheritance, resigned his position as lay brother so that he would be eligible for the title and domains of

, but he needed his wife for that as well. Jan, however, was unable to arrange a meeting with his wife, after which he besieged the monastery at Wijk bij Duurstede. Bishop

Frederik van Blankenheim Frederick of Blankenheim (c. 1355 – Castle Ter Horst (Loenen), 9 October 1423) was bishop of Strasbourg from 1375 to 1393 as Friedrich II, and bishop of Utrecht from 1393 to 1423 as Frederik III. Strasbourg and Utrecht Frederik van Blanken ...

led the army of the

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against him and took him prisoner, after which he was handed over to

. Van Brederode remained in captivity until 1412, when he travelled to

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with the intention of joining the English army. Unfortunately the English commanders were aware of his past and refused his entry, after which he travelled to

and joined their army. Jan I van Brederode participated in the

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, where he died at the age of 44.Rechercheur van de Middeleeuwen
NRC, retrieved October 9, 2017

References

* Joannes à Leydis, Chronicon Hollandiae, passim; D.C. Tinbergen, Des Coninx Summe (Leiden 1907), p. 90 e.v.; W. de Vreese in Biography. *

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, Opusculum de gestis regalium abbatum monasterii sancti Athalberti ordinis sancti Benedicti in Egmonda (written between 1477 and 1484). * Willem Procurator, (translated by M. Gumbert-Hepp; J.P. Gumbert (ed.)), Chronicle. Hilversum, Publisher Verloren, 2001 ;Specific {{DEFAULTSORT:Brederode, Jan I Van 1370s births 1415 deaths

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