Walter II, Lord of Egmond (in nl, Wouter II van Egmond) ( – 3 September 1321) was Lord of
Egmond.
He was the second surviving son of Gerald/Gerard II of Egmond, who had died in 1300 before his own father
William II, Lord of Egmond
William II, Lord of Egmond or Willem II, heer van Egmond ( – 30 March 1304) was a ruling Lord of Egmond.
Life
He was the son of Gerard, Lord of Egmond and an unknown mother, possibly Beatrix, daughter of Wouter of Haarlem, or Mabilia. He bec ...
. Walter became
Lord of Egmond when his older brother, William III, died without offspring on 2 July 1312. Under his rule the relationships of the house with the
Egmond Abbey
Egmond Abbey or St. Adalbert's Abbey ( nl, Abdij van Egmond, ''Sint-Adelbertabdij'') is a Benedictine monastery of the Congregation of the Annunciation between Egmond aan den Hoef and Bakkum in Egmond-Binnen in the municipality of Bergen in the ...
were normalized. In 1315 he participated with 60 of his people in a military expedition to
Flanders
Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, ...
. Before 1310 he married Beatrijs van der Doirtoghe/Doortoge ( -11 September 1323) from
Naaldwijk
Naaldwijk () is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 10 km southwest of The Hague.
Naaldwijk lies in the heart of Westland. The largest economic sector is greenhouse ho ...
.
[Nederlandse Leeuw, 1926, column 237] with whom he had five surviving children:
*
John I, Lord of Egmond
John I, Lord of Egmond (before 1310 – 28 December 1369)W.A.Spaen: ''Geschiedenis van de heren van Amstel, IJsselstein en Muiden'' was Lord of Egmond, Lord of IJsselstein, bailiff of Kennemerland (1353-1354) and stadtholder of Holland.
Life ...
( – 1369)
* Walter/Wouter (* )
* Yda ( – 1366)
* Sofia (* )
* Gerald/Gerrit ( – )
References
1280s births
1321 deaths
Walter 2
People from Egmond
13th-century people of the Holy Roman Empire
14th-century people of the Holy Roman Empire
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