Gijsbrecht Van Brederode

Gijsbrecht van Brederode (1416 –

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, 15 August 1475) was

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from 1455 to 1456. Gijsbrecht van Brederode was a son of Walraven I van Brederode and the brother of Reinoud II van Brederode. He was provost in

and as leader of the Hook faction, led the resistance against Rudolf van Diepholt. On 7 April 1455 he was elected bishop by the chapters, but

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put pressure on pope Calixtus III to appoint Philip's bastard son; David of Burgundy. Philip violently quelled the resistance against this appointment and besieged Deventer. In 1456 Gijsbrecht agreed to retract his claim to the bishopric in return for a large financial compensation. He remained, however, a thorn in the side of David, who imprisoned him together with his brother Reinoud in 1470. 1415 births 1475 deaths Gijsbrecht van Brederode 15th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the Holy Roman Empire Gijsbrecht People from Velsen {{europe-RC-bishop-stub