Walraven II van Brederode (8 January 1462 – 14 January 1531) was Lord of Brederode,

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Life

He was the son of

Reinoud II van Brederode Reinoud II van Brederode (Santpoort, 1415 – Vianen, 16 October 1473) was Lord of Vianen, Ameide, Lexmond, Hei- en Boeicop, Meerkerk, and Twaalfhoven. Life He was the son of Walraven I van Brederode and Johanna van Vianen.Reinout of Rei ...

and Yolanda de Lalaing. When he was three years old his father named him Bailiff of Hagestein. Just like his father Reinoud II and his uncle

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, he was captured by Bishop

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in 1470, but he managed to escape with some assistance and fled to Castle Batenstein. On 16 October 1473 he succeeded his father as the 10th Lord of Brederode. Walraven's succession ceremony was interrupted by his half-brothers, who were illegitimate however, leaving Walraven as the rightful successor. In 1486 he was knighted by Maximilian of Austria, and took a place in Maximilian's council. After the death of Maximilian, Walraven searched for a way to reinstate the rule of the Hook faction, which would lead to a new war. After several years, Walraven defected to the opposing faction, which would prove to be a good decision.

Family

Walraven married firstly with the non-noble Geertruida van Alphen, and had several bastard children with her, who would later make claims to the lordship of Brederode. In 1492 Walraven married the noble Margaretha van Kloetinge van Borselen. She died in 1507, after which he married Anna van Nieuwenaar on 11 May 1508. Walraven had the following children with Geertruida van Alphen: * Reinoud (bastard) van Brederode * unknown (bastard) van Brederode * Jan (bastard) van Brederode Walraven had the following children with Magretha van Kloetinge van Borselen: *

Reinoud III van Brederode Reinoud III van Brederode (4 September 1492, Brederode Castle, Santpoort – 25 September 1556, in Brussels), lord of Brederode and Vianen, burgrave of Utrecht, master of the woods and master of the hunt of Holland, member of the Council ...

1492–1556 * Francisca van Brederode 1500–1553 * Wolfert van Brederode ????–1548 * Françoise van Brederode ????–1553 * Charlotte van Brederode 1495–1529 Walraven had the following children with Anna van Nieuwenaar: * Walburga van Brederode 1512–1567, grandmother of the sisters

Armgard, Countess of Rietberg Countess Armgard of Rietberg (also: ''Irmgard''; died 13 July 1584) was from 1562 to 1584 Countess of Rietberg in her own right. She was also Countess of Hoya by marriage from 1568 to 1575 and Countess of Lippe by marriage from 1578 until her d ...

, and Walburgis, Countess of Rietberg; * Frans van Brederode 1512–1529 * Margaretha van Brederode 1514–1577 * Yolande van Brederode 1515–1525 * Balthazar van Brederode 1516–1576 * Yolande van Brederode 1525–1553 * Maria van Brederode * Reinoud van Brederode ????–1549

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Biography
from the ''Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek.'' Part 10 (1937) (Dutch) {{DEFAULTSORT:Brederode, Walraven 02 1462 births 1531 deaths Dutch nobility Walraven 02