Walter IV, Count of Enghien
Walter IV of Enghien (died 1381),
Count of Brienne
as Walter VII and Lord of Enghien in 1364–1381.
Appointed Marshal of Flanders by
Louis II of Flanders, he energetically prosecuted the war against the rebellious Ghentois. He is notorious for his sack of the city of Geraardsbergen
on July 7, 1381, wherein his troops burned and destroyed the town, killing many of its inhabitants.
Rejoining the Flemish army besieging Ghent, he and a handful of companions were trapped by an ambush laid by the Ghentois, perhaps composed of survivors of Geraardsbergen. He and his illegitimate half-brother John were both cut down in the fighting.
He was succeeded by his heir in
Louis of Enghien
.
References
- Froissart's Chronicles, Book II, Chapter 81
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