John IV of Glymes, 2nd Marquess of Berghes (1528–1567),

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 ...

, was a noble from the Low Countries. He was the son of

Anthony of Glymes Anthony of Glymes or Anton van Bergen, Lord of Grimbergen, Count of Walhain (1500–1541) was the 1st Margrave of Bergen (op Zoom). Family Anthony was the son of John III of Glymes and a grandson of Guy of Brimeu. He was the uncle of Philip II ...

(1500–1541) and Jacqueline de Croÿ, sister of

Philippe II de Croÿ Philip II de Croÿ (1496–1549) was Seigneur de Croÿ, Count of Porcéan and first Duke of Aarschot. Philip belonged to the powerful House of Croÿ. He was the eldest son of Henry de Croy, and Charlotte de Châteaubriand. His grandfather was ...

. He succeeded his father as Lord of Bergen op Zoom in 1541 under regency of his mother. As his ancestors, John IV was an important political figure of his time. In 1550, he married Maria of Lannoy, daughter of Jan van Lannoy, a Knight in the

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. They had no surviving children. In 1554 he was sent to England, together with

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, to arrange the marriage between

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 ...

and

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.
He participated in the War against France and was rewarded with the

in 1556. Four years later, he was appointed

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of Hainault. He was also a member of the Council of state. When the tensions between King Philip II, represented by his minister

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, and the nobility of the Low Countries increased, he was part of the group that obtained the Granvelle's return to Burgundy. Although he had actively participated in the elaboration of the

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, which was ignored by King Philip, he did not sign it.
Glymes resigned as a Stadtholder in January 1566, together with William of Orange,

Floris of Montmorency Floris van Montmorency, baron of Montigny (?, 1528 - Simancas, 14 October 1570) was a noble and diplomat from the Spanish Netherlands. He was born as the son of Jozef van Montmorency, Count of Nevele and Anna van Egmont the Elder, and was the you ...

and

Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn Philip de Montmorency (ca. 1524 – 5 June 1568 in Brussels), also known as Count of Horn, ''Horne'', ''Hoorne'' or ''Hoorn'', was a victim of the Inquisition in the Spanish Netherlands. Biography De Montmorency was born as the eldest of four ch ...

. In April 1566, he was sent with

to Spain in a last attempt to avoid war. He was wounded on the leg before leaving, when he was hit by a wooden ball whilst passing a ballgame, and died from complications in Segovia on May 23, 1567. By then, the

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had already raged across the Low Countries and the Duke of Alba was on his way to the Low Countries to "restore the order".

References

Sources

* Alphonse Le Roy, ''Berghes (Jean de Glymes, marquis de)'', Biographie nationale de Belgique, T. 2, 1868, col. 221ss (French). * Willem van Ham, ''Jan IV van Glymes, markies van Bergen op Zoom'', Dutch revolt, Universiteit Leyden (Dutch). {{DEFAULTSORT:John 04 1528 births 1567 deaths Glymes family Hunters

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