Count Egmont

(Lamoral)

1522–1568
Powerful Noble in Low Countries during Dutch Revolt. Protested Inquisition and was beheaded.

Other Resources

Story Links	Book Links
Philip in the Netherlands  in	The Netherlands  by  Mary Macgregor
Alva's Reign of Terror  in	The Netherlands  by  Mary Macgregor
Storm Bursts  in	The Awakening of Europe  by  M. B. Synge

Image Links
Countess Egmont Entreats the Protection of the Netherlands.  in Greatest Nations - Netherlands	In the centre of the square a scaffold had been erected  in The Netherlands	The warning of Egmont.  in  William of Orange