Lamoral is a given name mostly known from the noble houses of Egmond,

Ligne The ''ligne'' ( ), or line or Paris line, is a historic unit of length used in France and elsewhere prior to the adoption of the metric system in the late 18th century, and used in various sciences after that time. The ''loi du 19 frimaire an V ...

and

Taxis A taxis (; ) is the movement of an organism in response to a stimulus such as light or the presence of food. Taxes are innate behavioural responses. A taxis differs from a tropism (turning response, often growth towards or away from a stim ...

. The

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

form is Lamoraal. The first known person by the name, Lamoral, Count of Egmont (1522–1568) was since the 17th-century also known as Amurath, perhaps leading to the hypothesis that the name derived via French from the Ottoman sultan's name Amurath. Alternatively, his name may be derived from French "L'Admiral" , as has been recorded for another person with the name and as Egmont was sometimes referred to in his lifetime.Van Egmont referred to as "L'Admiral" as well as "L'Amoral"
in letters to him and reports about him of 1566.
People named Lamoral or Lamoraal include: ;House of Egmont * Lamoral of Egmont (1522–1568), 4th Count of Egmont; a leading nobleman in the

Habsburg Netherlands Habsburg Netherlands was the Renaissance period fiefs in the Low Countries held by the Holy Roman Empire's House of Habsburg. The rule began in 1482, when the last Valois-Burgundy ruler of the Netherlands, Mary, wife of Maximilian I of Austr ...

; his beheading partly ignited the Dutch Revolt * (c. 1565 – 1617), 6th Count of Egmont ;House of Ligne *

Lamoral, 1st Prince of Ligne Lamoral, 1st Prince of Ligne (19 July 1563, in Château de Belœil – 6 February 1624, in Brussels) was a diplomat in the 17th century. Early life Lamoral, Count and after 1601 first Prince de Ligne and Prince d'Épinoy, was the son of P ...

(1563–1624), diplomat in the

Spanish Netherlands Spanish Netherlands (Spanish: Países Bajos Españoles; Dutch: Spaanse Nederlanden; French: Pays-Bas espagnols; German: Spanische Niederlande.) (historically in Spanish: ''Flandes'', the name "Flanders" was used as a ''pars pro toto'') was the H ...

* Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne (1618–1679), soldier and diplomat in the Spanish Netherlands *

Claude Lamoral, 6th Prince of Ligne Claude Lamoral, Prince of Ligne (7 August 1685 – Chateau de Beloeil, 7 April 1766) was a Generalfeldmarschall, Field marshal and sixth Prince in the House of Ligne. A state councilor, he reorganized the army in the newly conquered Austria ...

(1685–1766), field marshal in the

Austrian Netherlands The Austrian Netherlands nl, Oostenrijkse Nederlanden; french: Pays-Bas Autrichiens; german: Österreichische Niederlande; la, Belgium Austriacum. was the territory of the Burgundian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire between 1714 and 1797. The pe ...

* Charles-Joseph Lamoral, 7th Prince de Ligne (1735–1814), field marshal in the Austrian Netherlands * Henri Florent Lamoral, prince de Ligne (1881–1967), Belgian nobleman * Jean Charles Lamoral of Ligne-La Trémoïlle (1911–2005), Belgian nobleman * Charles-Antoine Lamoral of Ligne-La Trémoïlle (born 1946), Belgian businessman ;House of Thurn and Taxis *

Lamoral von Taxis Lamoral of Taxis (1557 - 7 July 1624, Brussels) was an official in the Spanish Netherlands. He was the son of the general postmaster Leonard I of Taxis (1522, Mechelen – 1612, Brussels). In 1579 he married Genoveva von Taxis, daughter of the Au ...

(1557–1624), official in the Spanish Netherlands *

Lamoral II Claudius Franz, Count of Thurn and Taxis Lamoral II Claudius Franz, Count of Thurn and Taxis (14 February 1621 (baptized) – 13 September 1676) was a German nobleman and Imperial Postmaster. He took over the post of Imperial Postmaster General from his mother when he came of age in 1 ...

(1621–1676), German nobleman and Imperial Postmaster *

Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis , title = Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis , image = Maximilian Anton Lamoral, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis.jpg , caption = , reign = , reign-type = , coronation = , predecessor = , successor = ...

(1831–1867) * Paul Maximilian Lamoral, Prince of Thurn and Taxis (1843–1879) * Maximilian Maria Lamoral Fürst von Taxis (1862–1885), 7th prince 1871–1885 ;Others * Lamoraal Ulbo de Sitter (1902–1980), Dutch geologist * Lamoraal Ulbo de Sitter (1930–2010), Dutch sociologist, son of the above *

Maximilian Karl Lamoral O'Donnell Maximilian Karl Lamoral Graf O’Donnell von Tyrconnell (29 October 1812 — 14 July 1895) was an Austrian officer and civil servant who became famous when he helped save the life of Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria. O'Donnell was a descendant of ...

(1812–1895), Austrian officer and civil servant who helped save the life of Emperor Franz Josef I * Willem Frederik Lamoraal Boissevain (1852–1919), Dutch colonial administrator on Java

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