Gilles van Berlaymont (c. 1545 – 18 June 1579 in
Maastricht
Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...
) was
stadtholder for the Spanish Crown of Drenthe, Friesland, Groningen and Overijssel (1572-1573), stadtholder of
Guelders (1572–1577), substitute stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht (1574–1577), stadtholder of Namur and Artois (after 1578) and baron of
Hierges
Hierges () is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region in northern France.
Hierges is located in the Meuse valley along the Belgian border.
Population
Sights and monuments
* Château de Hierges, a castle whose origins ...
.
He was the son of
Charles de Berlaymont
Charles de Berlaymont (1510 in Berlaimont? – 1578 in Namur?) was a leading nobleman in the Low Countries in the 16th century. He was an important counselor of Margaret of Parma, Grand Huntsman of Brabant and generally sided with Spanish poli ...
and Adriana de Ligne Barbançon, and a brother of
Claude de Berlaymont
Claude de Berlaymont (or Claudius van Barlaymont), lord of Haultpenne (ca. 1550 – 14 July 1587) was a Flemish military commander in Spain's Army of Flanders during the Eighty Years' War.
Family
He was the seventh and last son of count Charles d ...
and
Florent de Berlaymont
Florent of Berlaymont (c. 1550 – 3 April 1626) was Count of Lalaing and Berlaymont, and Stadtholder of Namur, Artois, Guelders-Zutphen and Luxembourg, in the service of the King of Spain.
He was the youngest son of Charles de Berlaymont and Adr ...
.
In 1572 he was made a Knight in the
Order of the Golden Fleece, and on 2 September 1577 became a member of the
Council of State
A Council of State is a governmental body in a country, or a subdivision of a country, with a function that varies by jurisdiction. It may be the formal name for the cabinet or it may refer to a non-executive advisory body associated with a head o ...
.
In 1567 Gilles took part in the
Siege of Valenciennes (1567)
The siege of Valenciennes took place between 14 December 1566 and 23 March 1567 at Valenciennes, then in the Habsburg Netherlands. It is sometimes considered the first siege of the Eighty Years' War. Following the ''Beeldenstorm'', which reached ...
, the first siege of the
Eighty Years' War. He captured and sacked
Schoonhoven
Schoonhoven () is a city and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Since 2015 it has been a part of the municipality of Krimpenerwaard, before it had been an independent municipality.
The former municipa ...
, and
Oudewater
Oudewater () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands.
History
The origin of the town of Oudewater is obscure and no information has been found concerning the first settlement of citizens. It is also difficult to recover the name of Oud ...
in August 1575. He was killed during the
Siege of Maastricht (1579)
The siege of Maastricht was a battle of the Eighty Years' War which lasted from March 12 – July 1, 1579. The Spanish were victorious.
Prelude Political background
The Siege of Maastricht was undertaken in a moment in which the Royal authority ...
.
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Dutch people of the Eighty Years' War
1579 deaths
1540s births
Knights of the Golden Fleece
Year of birth unknown