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See also:BREDERODE, See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY, See also:COUNT of (1531-1568), was See also:born at See also:Brussels in 1531. He was the descendant of an See also:ancient See also:race, which had for some centuries been settled in See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, and had taken an active See also:part in the affairs of See also:war and See also:peace. Count Henry became a convert to the Reformed faith and placed him-self at the See also:side of the See also:prince of See also:Orange and Count See also:Egmont in resisting the introduction of the See also:Spanish See also:Inquisition and Spanish despotism into the See also:Netherlands. In 1566 he was one of the founders cf the confederacy of nobles who See also:bound themselves to maintain the rights and liberties of the See also:country by See also:signing a document known as " the See also:Compromise." On the 5th of See also:April of that See also:year Brederode accompanied to the See also:palace a See also:body of 250 confederates, of whom he acted as the spokesman, to See also:present to the See also:regent, See also:Margaret of See also:Parma, a See also:petition setting forth their grievances, called " the See also:Request." It was at a banquet at the Hotel Culemburg on the 8th of April, presided over by Brederode, that the See also:sobriquet of See also:les See also:Gueux, or " the Beggars," was first given to the opponents of Spanish See also:rule. Brederode was banished from the Netherlands by See also:Alva, and died in See also:- EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)
exile shortly afterwards at the See also:early See also:age of See also:thirty-six.
End of Article: BREDERODE, HENRY, COUNT
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