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Anna Van Egmont
Anna van Egmont (March 1533 – 24 March 1558), mainly known as Anna van Buren (or Anna van Bueren), was a Dutch heiress who became the first wife of William the Silent, Prince of Orange. Biography Anna was born in Grave, Netherlands in March 1533. She was the only child of Maximiliaan van Egmond (1509-1548) and his wife, Françoise de Lannoy (1513-1562).Rik Hoekstra,Anna van Egmond (1533-1558), ''Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland''. Therefore, she was ''suo jure'' Countess of Buren and Lady of Egmond. She was also Countess of Lingen and of Leerdam, and Lady of IJsselstein, of Borssele, of Grave, of Cranendonck, of Jaarsveld, of Kortgene, of Sint Maartensdijk, and of Odijk. Her mother and father were of high nobility. Maximiliaan's main activities were those of Charles V's army commander, first in an argument with Guelders, later in a campaign in the German areas against the Schmalkaldic League . He also played a role as a director, both as captain general and stadho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonis Mor
Anthonis Mor, also known as Anthonis Mor van Dashorst and Antonio Moro (c. 1517 – 1577), was a Netherlandish Portrait painting, portrait painter, much in demand by the courts of Europe. He has also been referred to as Antoon, Anthonius, Anthonis or Mor van Dashorst, and as António Mouro, Anthony More, etc., but signed most of his portraits as Anthonis Mor. Mor developed a formal style for court portraits, largely based on Titian, that was extremely influential on court painters across Europe, especially in the Iberian Peninsula, where it created a tradition that led to Diego Velázquez. His works can include considerable psychological penetration, especially in portraits of men, but always gives the subject a grand and self-possessed air. Early life and education Mor was born in Utrecht (city), Utrecht, Habsburg Netherlands, Netherlands, by some estimation between 1516 and 1520. Little is known about his early life, except that his artistic education commenced under Jan van Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grave, Netherlands
Grave (; formerly ''De Graaf'') is a city and former municipality in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The former municipality had a population of in . Grave is a member of the Dutch Association of Fortified Cities. The former municipality included the following towns: Grave (capital), Velp, Escharen and Gassel. Grave, Boxmeer, Cuijk, Mill en Sint Hubert, and Sint Anthonis merged into the new municipality of Land van Cuijk on 1 January 2022. History Grave received city rights in 1233. The former municipality of Grave was formed in the Napoleonic era (1810) and coincided with the fortified Grave and immediate surroundings. The history of the town was thus linked to that of the place. This changed in 1942. Then there was a reclassification place where the municipality Grave was expanded with the previously independent municipalities Velp and Escharen. Moreover, in 1994 the neighboring municipality of Beers was abolished and a part thereof, the parish Gassel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Of Hungary (governor Of The Netherlands)
Mary of Austria (15 September 1505 – 18 October 1558), also known as Mary of Hungary, was Queen of Hungary and Bohemia as the wife of King Louis II, and was later governor of the Habsburg Netherlands. The daughter of Queen Joanna and King Philip I of Castile, Mary married King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia in 1515. Their marriage was happy but short and childless. Upon her husband's death following the Battle of Mohács in 1526, Queen Mary governed Hungary as regent in the name of the new king, her brother, Ferdinand I. Following the death of their aunt Margaret in 1530, Mary was asked by her eldest brother, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, to assume the governance of the Netherlands and guardianship over their nieces, Dorothea and Christina of Denmark. As governor of the Netherlands, Mary faced riots and a difficult relationship with the Emperor. Throughout her tenure she continuously attempted to ensure peace between the Emperor and the King of France. Although she neve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain (as Charles I) from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy (as Charles II) from 1506 to 1555. He was heir to and then head of the rising House of Habsburg. His dominions in Europe included the Holy Roman Empire, extending from Germany to northern Italy with rule over the Austrian hereditary lands and Burgundian Low Countries, and Spain with its possessions of the southern Italian kingdoms of Naples, Sicily and Sardinia. In the Americas, he oversaw the continuation of Spanish colonization and a short-lived German colonization. The personal union of the European and American territories he ruled was the first collection of realms labelled " the empire on which the sun never sets". Charles was born in Flanders to Habsburg Archduke Philip the Handsome, son of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Mary of Burg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schmalkaldic League
The Schmalkaldic League (; ; or ) was a military alliance of Lutheranism, Lutheran Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, principalities and cities within the Holy Roman Empire during the mid-16th century. It received its name from the town of Schmalkalden, where the group was founded in 1531. Although created for religious motives soon after the start of the Reformation, its members later came to have the intention that the League would replace the Holy Roman Empire as their focus of political allegiance. While it was not the first alliance of its kind, unlike previous formations, such as the League of Torgau, the Schmalkaldic League had a substantial military to defend its political and religious interests. Origins The League was officially established on 27 February 1531 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, and John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, the two most powerful Protestant rulers in the Holy Roman Empire at the time. It originated as a defensive religious alliance, with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guelders
The Duchy of Guelders (; ; ) is a historical duchy, previously county, of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Low Countries. Geography The duchy was named after the town of Geldern (''Gelder'') in present-day Germany. Though the present province of Gelderland (English also ''Guelders'') in the Netherlands occupies most of the area, the former duchy also comprised parts of the present Dutch province of Limburg as well as those territories in the present-day German state of North Rhine-Westphalia that were acquired by Prussia in 1713, which included the duchy's capital Geldern. Four parts of the duchy had their own centres, as rivers separated them: * the quarter of Roermond, also called Upper Quarter or Upper Guelders – upstream on both sides of the Maas, comprising the town of Geldern as well as Erkelenz, Goch, Nieuwstadt, Venlo and Straelen; spatially separated from the Lower Quarters (Gelderland): * the quarter of the county Zutphen, also called the Achterhoek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odijk
Odijk is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Bunnik, and lies about south of Zeist. Odijk used to be a separate municipality. It merged with Bunnik and Werkhoven in 1964. Overview The village was first mentioned between 918 and 948 as Iodichem. The etymology is unclear. Odijk developed as an ''esdorp __NOTOC__ An ''Angerdorf'' (plural: ''Angerdörfer'') is a type of village that is characterised by the houses and farmsteads being laid out around a central grassed area, the ''Anger (meadow), anger'' (from the Old High German ''angar'' =pasture ...'' along the Kromme Rijn. In the 13th century, it became an independent parish. The church and tower were demolished in 1820, because the building was in a bad shape, and a new church was built. In 1840, it was home to 411 people. Odijk has three primary schools, two churches and many locations for sports activities, such as football, tennis and indoor sports. Gallery Image:OdijkKerk.j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sint Maartensdijk
Sint-Maartensdijk () is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Tholen, and lies about 16 km west of Bergen op Zoom. History Named after Saint Martin, Sint-Maartensdijk was founded as 'Haestinge', and renamed when it got a church dedicated to Martin of Tours. The first lords of Sint-Maartensdijk resided at Sint-Maartensdijk Castle which was demolished in 1819. The castle was located just north of the town walls, and its southern moat is still visible. Sint-Maartensdijk was a separate municipality until 1971, when it was merged with Tholen. Born in Sint-Maartensdijk *Keetie van Oosten-Hage (born 1949), former cyclist * Cornelius Vermuyden (1595–1677), engineer *The Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...ian polit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kortgene
Kortgene is a small city in the southwest Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, about 15 km northeast of Middelburg. It received city rights in 1431, but was flooded in 1530 and 1532. The new settlement received city rights in 1684. History The town was first mentioned in 1247 as Cortkeen, and means "short creek". Kortgene received city rights in 1431, but disappeared in the floods of 1530 and 1532. In 1670, the area was given who ''poldered'' the land. A village developed after the Stadspolder was enclosed by a dike in 1682. In 1684, the city rights were renewed. The Dutch Reformed church is a single aisled church which a semi-built-in tower. The tower dates from the 15th century. The church was rebuilt in stages in 1686 and 1754. The interior was restored in 1955. Kortgene was home to 921 people in 1840. Kortgene was flooded during the North Sea flood of 1953, and 49 people died. It developed into a recreational centre with marina an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaarsveld
Jaarsveld is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Lopik, and lies about 7 km southwest of IJsselstein. Jaarsveld used to be a separate municipality, covering a large part of the current municipality of Lopik south of the Lopiker Wetering and Enge IJssel rivers. It merged with the municipality of Lopik in 1943. A large part of the town of Lopik is actually built in the former municipality of Jaarsveld. History The village was first mentioned in 1331 as Jaarsfelt, and means (peat concession) field of Jaar (person). During the middle ages until 1795, Jaarsveld was a ''vrije en hoge heerlijkheid''. As a free a high fief, Jaarsveld was an independent of the provinces Holland or Utrecht, like the larger Barony of IJsselstein to the east. In 1795, at the founding of the Batavian Republic The Batavian Republic (; ) was the Succession of states, successor state to the Dutch Republic, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands. It was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cranendonck
Cranendonck () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in southern Netherlands. Though located in North Brabant near Eindhoven, the spoken dialect is Budels (linguistically a West Limburgish dialect), rather than Kempenlands (linguistically an East Brabantian dialect). Population centres Topography ''Dutch topographic map of the municipality of Cranendonck, June 2015'' Notable people * Antonius Mathijsen (1805 in Budel – 1878) a Dutch army surgeon who first used plaster of Paris * Hans Teeuwen (born 1967 in Budel) a Dutch comedian, musician, actor and occasional filmmaker * Sylvia Hoeks (born 1983 in Maarheeze) a Dutch actress and former model retrieved 13 October 2019 Sport * Toine van Mierlo (born 1957 in Soerendonk) a retired Dutch footballer with 230 club caps * Craig Osaikhwuwuomwan (born 199 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borssele
Borssele is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 12 km east of Vlissingen. The municipality name is spelled with a single ''s'' while the name of the town is spelled with a double ''s''. Borssele is home to the Borssele nuclear power plant. The village's near-symmetrical street plan from 1616 follows a rectangular design with four streets all leading to a central square (called the "Plein"). The streets are named according to their cardinal directions. History The village was first mentioned in 976 as Brumsale, and means "single room house on the bank (geography), bank". The island of Borssele was lost in 1530 and only the hill on which the castle had stood remained. The village of Monster which was located on the island had been destroyed. In 1615, a dike was built to reclaim the land. Borssele is a planned ''polder'' village which was designed in 1616 by Cornelis Adriaensz Soetwater. The D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
