Willem van Brederode (1226/1230 in
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* Santpoort-Noord, a village with a population of 7,270 in 2023
* Santpoort-Zuid, a village with a population of 3,385 in 2023
...
– 3 June 1285 in
Velsen
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) was Lord of
Brederode.
Life
He was the son of
Dirk I van Brederode and Alvaradis van Heusden. William was only recognised as lord of Brederode in 1244, partially because he was a minor before that. Van Brederode accompanied
William II, Count of Holland
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Early life
William was the eldest son and heir ...
in his campaign against rebels above the
Rhine
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in the
Ruhr
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in 1248/49, and again in a campaign against the
West Frisians
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in 1256. He was knighted in 1255, and appointed
bailiff
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of
Kennemerland
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History
Kennemerland gets ...
in 1269. On 25 June 1282 he was awarded the rights to
Goudriaan
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,
Hardinxveld,
Papendrecht
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, Peursum and Slingeland. William died in 1285 and was buried in the Brederode-chapel of the Engelmundus-church in Velsen.
Family and Children
In 1254 William married Hildegonde van Voorne, and they had six children:
*
Dirk II van Brederode, 1256–1318, William's successor
*Alverade van Brederode, 1258 – after 1323
*Rikairde van Brederode, ca. 1263 – after 1303
*Floris I (Florentius) van Schoten (Adrichem), ca. 1265 – 1327
*Aleid van Brederode, 1260–1333
*Theodoricus de Scouten, before 1297 – unknown
*William Ver Margrietsone van Brederode, unknown – after 1317
*Theodorius van Schoten, 1270 – unknown
References
*
Johannes a Leydis, Opusculum de gestis regalium abbatum monasterii sancti Athalberti ordinis sancti Benedicti in Egmonda (written between 1477 and 1484).
* Willem Procurator, (translated M. Gumbert-Hepp; J.P. Gumbert (ed.), Kroniek. Hilversum, Publisher Verloren, 2001
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1285 deaths
William I William I may refer to:
Kings
* William the Conqueror (–1087), also known as William I, King of England
* William I of Sicily (died 1166)
* William I of Scotland (died 1214), known as William the Lion
* William I of the Netherlands and Luxembour ...
Year of birth uncertain
People from Velsen
13th-century nobility from the Holy Roman Empire