Jean de Glymes de Berghes or Jan van Bergen (died 1583), Lord of Waterdijk, was an officeholder in the Habsburg Netherlands. Jean was the son of Dismas de Glymes, one of the thirty-six recognised bastards of

John III of Glymes John III, Lord of Bergen op Zoom or John III of Glymes (1452 – 1532, in Brussels) was a noble from the Low Countries. He was the son of John II of Glymes and Margaret of Rouveroy and succeeded his father as Lord of Bergen op Zoom. In 1494 he ...

, lord of Bergen op Zoom.

Félix Victor Goethals Félix Victor Goethals (1798–1872) was a Belgian genealogist and librarian. Life Goethals was born in Ghent ( Département Escaut) on 4 June 1798 (16 Prairial of Year VI in the French Republican calendar). He studied law at Ghent University and ...

, ''Dictionnaire généalogique et héraldique des familles nobles du royaume de Belgique'', vol. 2 (Brussels, Polack-Duvivier, 1849), pp. 447-448. After graduating in canon and civil law, he became an alderman of Bergen op Zoom, serving as mayor in 1545. From 1543 to 1554 he was a member of the council of

John IV of Glymes John IV of Glymes, 2nd Marquess of Berghes (1528–1567), Grand Huntsman of Brabant, was a noble from the Low Countries. He was the son of Anthony of Glymes (1500–1541) and Jacqueline de Croÿ, sister of Philippe II de Croÿ. He succeeded his ...

, Marquis of Bergen; he was also appointed to the

Court of Holland The Hof van Holland, Zeeland en West-Friesland (; usually shortened to Hof van Holland in the literature, and translated in English literature as "(High) Court of Holland") was the High Court of the provinces of Holland, West Friesland and Zeeland ...

and, in 1548, to the Great Council of Mechelen (the highest court of appeal in the Habsburg Netherlands). He became president of the Great Council in 1562. Glymes married Catherine Wyts (1523–1560), daughter of Josse Wyts and Catherine Vilain, and together they had four children: Jean, Dismas, Jacqueline and Marie. His brother,

Maximilian de Berghes Maximilian de Berghes (–1570) was the first archbishop of Cambrai. Life Maximilian was born around 1512, the second son of privy councillor Dismas de Berghes, a recognised bastard of John III of Glymes, Lord of Bergen op Zoom.Alphonse Le Roy, " ...

, became the first

archbishop of Cambrai The Archdiocese of Cambrai ( la, Archdiocesis Cameracensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Cambrai'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France, comprising the arrondissements of Avesnes-sur-Help ...

, while their sister, Cécile, married Louis Vilain, another member of the Great Council. After the Calvinist seizure of power in Mechelen in 1580, the Great Council was reconstituted 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 ...

, where Glymes died on 24 August 1583. Gérard Dominique Azevedo Continho y Bernal, ''Korte chronycke der stadt ende provincie van Mechelen'', vol. 6 (Leuven, Joannes Jacobs, 1747), p. 132
On Google Books

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Glymes, Jean de Year of birth unknown 1583 deaths People from Bergen op Zoom Presidents of the Great Council Jean