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Hendrik Van Den Bergh (count)
Hendrik van den Bergh (), 1573 to 22 May 1638, was a Flemish noble and professional soldier. Hereditary lord of Stevensweert, from 1618 to 1637 he was also stadtholder of Upper Guelders, the only part of Guelders to remain loyal to Habsburg Spain during the Eighty Years War. Known as a brave and resourceful cavalry commander, he spent most of his career with the Spanish Army of Flanders and became its '' Maestre de campo'' in 1628. Accused of treachery after the loss of Den Bosch in 1629, he defected to the Dutch Republic following the 1632 Conspiracy of Nobles. Personal details Hendrik was born in 1573, sixth surviving son of Willem IV van den Bergh (15371586) and Maria of Nassau (15391599), eldest sister of William the Silent. One of nine sons and eight daughters, his siblings included Herman (15581611), Frederik (15591618), Oswald (15611586), Adam (15631590), Adolf (15711609), Lodewijk (15721592) and Catharina (15781640). Before his marriage in 1612 to Margaretha van Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevensweert
Stevensweert is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg. It is located in the municipality of Maasgouw. It lies on the right bank of the river Meuse, which forms the border with Kessenich in Belgium. There was also a ferry to this village. History The village was first mentioned in 1221 as in Werde, and means "land near water dedicated to Saint Stephen". With Ohé en Laak, Stevensweert is situated on an island in the Meuse. The Spanish built a fortress in 1633 during the Eighty Years War, this is still apparent in the street plan of the town. Stevensweert once was part of the Duchy of Guelders. In 1702, it was conquered by the Dutch Republic. The Catholic St Stephanus is a cruciform church built in 1781 as a replacement of the 13th century church. It was damaged in 1944 and 1945, and restored and enlarged by . The church contains a Roman baptismal font from around 1200. The Dutch Reformed church is a little aisleless church built in 1822. In 1951, the war damage was repai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of Breda (1624)
The siege of Breda of 1624–1625 occurred during the Eighty Years' War. The siege resulted in Breda, a Dutch Republic, Dutch fortified city, falling into the control of the Army of Flanders. Background Breda was one of the strongest cities in the defence of the Republic between the States of Holland and royal Brabant. The city was strategically located on a navigable river, the Mark (Dintel), Mark, and near several roads. Henry III of Nassau, Lord of Breda from 1509 to 1538, had been commissioned by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V to travel through Europe. In Italy, he came into contact with modern defences. Thus, in 1531 he inspired the construction of the late medieval style walls of Breda. These were later replaced by modern fortifications. In 1587 and 1622, the defences were further expanded and updated. The Breda fortress consisted of a very high earthen thoroughfare with 15 bastions and a moat. The canalG. G. van der Hoeven: ''Geschiedenis der vesting Breda'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josina Walburgis Of Löwenstein-Rochefort
Josina Walburgis van Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1615-1683) was sovereign Princess Abbess of Thorn Abbey from 1631 until 1632. She was born to count Johann Dietrich von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (1585-1644) and Josina de la Marck (1583-1626) and was placed in the abbey by her father. Thorn had been ruled by her two maternal aunts in succession ( Anna von der Marck and Josina II von der Marck) and she was elected Princess abbess by the will of her father in 1631. The following year, she was the subject of a great scandal when she secretly married count Herman Frederik van den Bergh (1605-1669), son of Count Hendrik van den Bergh, and was deposed from her office: she was locked up by her father in another convent, but managed to escape and join her spouse in 1636. The couple lived in Berlicum or Castle Walburg in Ohé en Laak. The couple also stayed regularly in Maastricht or Aachen. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman Van Den Bergh
Herman, Count van den Bergh (2 August 1558 in Huis Bergh, 's-Heerenberg, Gelderland – 12 August 1611 in Spa) was a Dutch soldier in the Eighty Years' War, knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece and stadtholder of Spanish Guelders. Life In 1584 he, his brothers Frederik and Hendrik and their father Willem IV van den Bergh joined the Spanish side in the War, though Herman was still active in States service as a captain and garrison commander active 's Heerenberg and Doetinchem.Musicks Monument (2007)Herman, graaf van den Bergh (1558-1611)/ref> Whilst on the Spanish side Herman was more active in the 1591 Siege of Deventer, which surrendered to Maurice of Nassau Maurice of Orange (; 14 November 1567 – 23 April 1625) was ''stadtholder'' of all the provinces of the Dutch Republic except for Friesland from 1585 at the earliest until his death on 23 April 1625. Before he became Prince of Orange upo ... after ten days. Two years later, in 1593, Herman was promote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William The Silent
William the Silent or William the Taciturn (; 24 April 153310 July 1584), more commonly known in the Netherlands as William of Orange (), was the leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburg Netherlands, Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) and resulted in the formal independence of the Dutch Republic, United Provinces in 1648. Born into the House of Nassau, he became Prince of Orange in 1544 and is thereby the founder of the House of Orange-Nassau, Orange-Nassau branch and the ancestor of the monarchy of the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, he is also known as Father of the Nation, Father of the Fatherland (; ). A wealthy nobleman, William originally served the Habsburgs as a member of the court of Margaret of Parma, governor of the Spanish Netherlands. Unhappy with the centralisation of political power away from the local estates and with the Spanish persecution of Dutch Protestants, William joined the Dutch uprising and turned against his fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Of Nassau (1539{{mdash}}1599)
Maria of Nassau may refer to: *Maria of Nassau (1539–1599) Maria Von Nassau-Dillenburg (18 March 1539, in Dillenburg – 28 May 1599, in Kasteel Ulft), Countess of Nassau (state), Nassau, Katzenelnbogen, Vianden and Diez, Germany, Dietz, was a Dutch noblewoman. Life She was the second daughter of William ..., daughter of William the Rich and Juliana of Stolberg * Maria of Nassau (1553–1554), first daughter of William the Silent and Anna of Egmond * Maria of Nassau (1556–1616), second daughter of William the Silent and Anna of Egmond * Maria of Nassau (1568–1625), daughter of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg * Maria of Nassau (1642–1688), daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels {{hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conspiracy Of Nobles (1632)
The Conspiracy of Nobles (French: ''La conspiration des nobles'') was a plot in 1632 to divide the Spanish Netherlands between the Dutch Republic and the Kingdom of France. The Belgian aristocrats behind the plot were frustrated at their exclusion from the decision-making process by Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, who was a chief minister to the Philip IV of Spain, sovereign ruler of the Spanish Netherlands. Among the conspirators were Counts Hendrik van den Bergh and René de Renesse, 1st Count of Warfusée, the only two of the conspirators to act. The plan came to nothing, but the existence of the conspiracy had a major impact on subsequent political developments, and the defection of Hendrik van den Bergh was a serious blow to the military leadership of the Army of Flanders and the prestige of the Habsburg dynasty. Only in 1634 did the Spanish government begin to gain a picture of the extent of the plot, through revelations made by Balthazar Gerbier, Charles I of Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchy Of 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] |
Stadtholder
In the Low Countries, a stadtholder ( ) was a steward, first appointed as a medieval official and ultimately functioning as a national leader. The ''stadtholder'' was the replacement of the duke or count of a province during the Burgundian and Habsburg period (1384 – 1581/1795). The title was used for the highest executive official of each province performing several duties, such as appointing lower administrators and maintaining peace and order, in the early Dutch Republic. As multiple provinces appointed the same stadtholder, the stadtholder of the powerful province of Holland at times functioned as the ''de facto'' head of state of the Dutch Republic as a whole during the 16th to 18th centuries, in an effectively hereditary role. For the last half century of its existence, it became an officially hereditary title under Prince William IV of Orange. His son, Prince William V, was the last ''stadtholder'' of all provinces of the Republic, until fleeing French revolutionary tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flemish People
Flemish people or Flemings ( ) are a Germanic peoples, Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders, Belgium, who speak Flemish Dutch. Flemish people make up the majority of Belgians, at about 60%. ''Flemish'' was historically a geographical term, as all inhabitants of the medieval County of Flanders in modern-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands were referred to as "Flemings" irrespective of their ethnicity or language. The contemporary region of Flanders comprises a part of this historical county, as well as parts of the medieval Duchy of Brabant and the medieval County of Loon, where the modern national identity and Flemish culture, culture gradually formed. History The sense of "Flemish" identity increased significantly after the Belgian Revolution. Prior to this, the term "" in the Dutch language was in first place used for the inhabitants of the former County of Flanders. Flemish, however, had been used since the 14th century to refer to the language and dialects of both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Of Nassau (1539-1599)
Maria of Nassau may refer to: *Maria of Nassau (1539–1599), daughter of William the Rich and Juliana of Stolberg *Maria of Nassau (1553–1554), first daughter of William the Silent and Anna of Egmond *Maria of Nassau (1556–1616), second daughter of William the Silent and Anna of Egmond *Maria of Nassau (1568–1625), daughter of John VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Leuchtenberg *Maria of Nassau (1642–1688), daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels {{hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willem IV Van Den Bergh
Willem IV, Count van den Bergh (1537-1586) was the Dutch Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen from 1581 until his arrest for treason in 1583. Biography Early years Willem was the son of Count Oswald II van den BerghThe name "Van den Bergh" is a surname ("De Monte"); the name "Bergh" refers to the lordship Bergh. and Elisabeth van Dorth. He spent time in Brussels at the court of Mary of Austria (1505–1558), then Regent of the Habsburg Netherlands. Here he became acquainted with his contemporary William the Silent, Prince of Orange, and married his eldest sister, Maria of Nassau, on 11 November 1556 at Moers. Start of the Eighty Years' War In 1566 Willem was a prominent member of the League of Nobles (also known as the Compromis) that presented a petition of grievances about the suppression of heresy to the Brussels government of the new Regent Margaret of Parma (who acted for her brother Philip II of Spain). He could not be present himself, but did join the meeting in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
