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The Statue of Egmont (

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

: ''Egmontstandbeeld'' or ''Standbeeld van (Lamoraal van) Egmont'') is a statue of

Lamoral, Count of Egmont Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere (18 November 1522 – 5 June 1568) was a general and statesman in the Habsburg Netherlands, Spanish Netherlands just before the start of the Eighty Years' War, whose execution helped spark the national up ...

Zottegem Zottegem (, Sotteghem and Sottegem in older English and French language sources) is a city and municipality located in Belgium and more particularly in Flanders, in the province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Zottegem pr ...

, Belgium, dating from 1872. Three identical statues exist: another bronze copy of the statue stands in

since 1968 and in 1997 a bronze copy was placed in the moat at

Egmond Castle Egmond Castle (), also called the ''Ruins of Egmond'' (), is a ruined medieval castle built c. 1150, in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is located in Egmond aan den Hoef in the municipality of Bergen and lies about west of Alkmaar. The ...

Egmond aan den Hoef Egmond aan den Hoef () is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, and lies about west of Alkmaar. Until 2001, Egmond aan den Hoef was part of the municipality of Egmond. The village was fir ...

in the Netherlands.

History

In 1814, the Zottegem city council started a campaign to erect a statue of Egmont on the central market square. In 1820, sculptor Jan-Robert Calloigne presented a plaster model of Egmont's statue at the Ghent Salon of the Royal Society of Fine Arts and Literature. In 1824, a plinth on the central square. In 1835, the literary society ''De Suyghelingen van Polus'' organised a poetry contest about Egmont, Winner Prudens van Duyse made a plea for a statue of Egmont. During the official opening of the newly built

Egmont's crypt Egmont's crypt (Dutch: ''Egmontcrypte'') is a crypt on the market square in Zottegem, Belgium. The crypt contains the remains of Lamoral, Count of Egmont Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere (18 November 1522 – 5 June 1568) was a general ...

in 1857 Eugène Van Damme and Prudens van Duyse repeated their plea. The city of Zottegem bought the plaster model of the statue in 1862. In 1872, the statue was cast in wrought iron by Edmond Zégut in the French Usines de Tusey. On 14 April 1872, the statue was inaugurated. The text on the plinth reads: ''Lamoraal Graaf van Egmont, Heere van Sottegem, Heere van Gavere, Gouverneur van Vlaanderen en van Artesië, overwinnaar te Sint-Quintin 1557 en te

Grevelingen The Grevelingen or Grevelingenmeer (Lake Grevelingen) is a closed off part of the Rhine-Meuse estuary on the border of the Dutch provinces of South Holland and Zeeland. It is situated between the islands of Goeree-Overflakkee (South Holland) a ...

1558, onthoofd te Brussel den 5 juni 1568''. In 1968 (400 years after the beheading of Lamoral), the city thought the statue was too corroded, so a new bronze statue was made by ''Compagnie des Bronzes d'Art'' from Brussels. On 9 June 1968, the statue was officially inaugurated. The old wrought iron statue turned out not to be in such a bad state as previously thought, so it was transferred to Egmont Park in front of

Egmont Castle Egmont Castle or the Castle of (Lamoral count of) Egmont (Dutch: ''Egmontkasteel'' or ''Kasteel van Egmont'') is a castle in Zottegem, Belgium. It has been declared a cultural heritage monument. History The history of the castle goes back to the ...

. In the 1990s, the Dutch town of

(cradle of the

House of Egmont The House of Egmond or Egmont (French: ''Maison d'Egmond'', Dutch: ''Huis Egmond'') is named after the Dutch town of Egmond, province of North Holland, and played an important role in the Netherlands during the Middle Ages and the Early modern pe ...

) got the idea of erecting a statue as well. In 1997, Dirk De Groeve from Hansbeke made a bronze copy of the statue in Zottegem. The statue was placed in the moat of

in Egmond aan den Hoef. It was inaugurated on 11 October 1997 by Josep Pons, the Spanish ambassador in the Netherlands. The text on the plinth reads: ''Lamoraal Graaf van Egmont 1522-1568, bedijker van de Egmondermeer 1565''.

Images

Egmontstandbeeld_Calloigne_1820.jpg, Calloigne's plaster model of the statue at the Ghent 'Salon' in 1820 Egmontstandbeeld,_Markt,_Zottegem_(historische_prentbriefkaart)_11.jpg, Statue of Egmont, market square, Zottegem (old photo) File:Standbeeld_Lamoraal_van_Egmont_-_Markt_Zottegem_1-09-2018_12-02-48.jpg, Statue of Egmont, market square, Zottegem (bronze) Egmontstandbeeld,_Egmontpark,_Zottegem_05.jpg, Statue of Egmont,

, Zottegem (wrought iron) Standbeeld_van_Lamoraal_van_Egmont,_Slot_op_den_Hoef_-_Kasteel_Egmond_15.jpg, Statue of Egmont,

, Egmond aan den Hoef (bronze)

Commemoration

On 5 June 2018, simultaneous commemoration ceremonies were held at the statues in Zottegem and Egmont aan den Hoef to remember the 450th anniversary of the beheading of Lamoral count of Egmont.Egmontgemeenten herdenken onthoofding Lamoraal, RODI, 30 mei 2018
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References

Citations

Bibliography

* Lamarcq, D., ''Op een voetstuk geplaatst. Een standbeeld voor Lamoraal, graaf van Egmont''. In: Zottegems Genootschap voor Geschiedenis en Oudheidkunde. Handelingen XVIII (deel 1/deel 2) Themanummer Graaf Lamoraal van Egmont (1522-1586), 2017 * Lamarcq, D., ''Getouwtrek om een standbeeld'
online
* Belleman, H., Hof, J., Ranzijn, R., ''Het dubbele beeld van Lamoraal van Egmont'', Egmond aan den Hoef, juni 1995. Archief Stichting Standbeeld Lamoraal van Egmont. * Ranzijn, R., '' Jubileum standbeeld Lamoraal'', Geestgronden, 17 (2010), nr. 1/2
online
* Van Rode, O., 40 jaar geleden... Zottegem herdenkt de terechtstelling van Egmont, Handelingen XIV, 2009, Zottegems Genootschap voor Geschiedenis en Oudheidkunde, pag. 123-240

External links

Toerisme Oost-Vlaanderen
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