Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn
Philip de Montmorency (ca. 1524 – 5 June 1568 in
Biography
De Montmorency was born as the eldest of four children of Josef van Montmorency, Count of
In 1559, De Montmorency commanded the stately fleet which conveyed
Although Philip II of Spain appeared to give way, he had made up his mind to punish the opponents of his policy. He replaced the regent, Margaret, duchess of Parma, with the duke of Alba, who entered the Netherlands at the head of a veteran army.[4]
Orange fled from the country, but Egmont and Horn, despite his warning, decided to remain and face the storm.[4] They were both seized, tried at the Council of Troubles and condemned as traitors.[4] Ceaseless but vain efforts were made to obtain a fair trial for Horn, and appeals for clemency on his behalf were made by potentates in all parts of the continent.[4] Egmont and Horn were beheaded on 5 June 1568 before the Town Hall on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt (Brussels' main square).[4] Two years later, Philip II had Horn's still-detained brother Floris strangled in secret and spread the rumor that he had died of disease.[5]
Legacy
Today, a statue on the Square du Petit Sablon/Kleine Zavelsquare in Brussels commemorates the Counts of Egmont and Horn. In historical overview, they are usually mentioned together as Egmond en Hoorne and hailed as the first leaders of the Dutch revolt, as the predecessors of William of Orange, who grew to importance and obtained the rebel leadership after their execution.
Van Egmont ("Egmond") and De Montmorency ("Horn" or "Hoorn") both remained faithful Roman Catholics and are commemorated in Belgium, with its traditional Catholic majority.
Notes
- ^ Els Kloek, Egmont, Anna van (1504-1574), in: Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland, 2014
- ^ a b Albertus van Hulzen, De Grote Geus: en het falende Driemanschap, (Typographie Rombus, 1995), 7 note1.
- ^ John B. Roney, Culture and Customs of the Netherlands, (Macmillan, 2009), 22.
- ^ a b c d e f Lamoral Graaf von Egmont, Spencer C. Tucker, 500 Great Military Leaders, ed. Spencer C. Tucker, (ABC-CLIO, 2015), 219.
- ^ a b Anton van der Lem, Floris van Montmorency, baron van Montigny at the Dutch Revolt website
- ^ Philip II Geoffey Parker
References
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). Encyclopedia Americana. .