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See also:EGMONT (EGMOND), LAMORAL, See also:COUNT OF , See also:prince of Gavre (1522—1568), was See also:born in See also:Hainaut in 1522. He was the younger of the two sons of See also:John IV., count of Egmont, by his wife Francoise of See also:Luxemburg, princess of Gavre. On the See also:death of his See also:elder See also:brother See also:Charles, about 1541, he succeeded to his titles and estates. In this See also:year he served his See also:apprenticeship as a soldier in the expedition of the See also:emperor Charles V. to See also:Algiers, distinguishing himself in the command of a See also:body of See also:cavalry. In 1544 he married Sabina, See also:sister of the elector See also:palatine See also:Frederick III., and the See also:wedding was celebrated at See also:Spires with See also:great pomp in the presence of the emperor and his brother F..sinand, afterwards emperor. Created See also:knight of the Go an Fleece in 1546, he accompanied See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip of See also:Spain in his tour (hrough the Netherland towns, and in 1554 he went to See also:England at the See also:head of a See also:special See also:embassy to ask the See also:hand of See also:Mary of England for Philip, and was afterwards See also:present at the wedding ceremony at See also:Winchester. In the summer of 1557 Egmont was appointed See also:commander of the Flemish cavalry in the See also:war between Spain and See also:France; and it was by his vehement persuasion that the See also:battle of St Quentin was fought. The victory was determined by the brilliant See also:charge that he led against the See also:French. The reputation which he won at St Quentin was raised still higher in 1558, when he encountered the French See also:army under de Thermes at See also:Gravelines, on its See also:march homewards after the invasion of See also:Flanders, totally defeated it, and took See also:Marshal de Thermes prisoner. The battle was fought against the See also:advice of the See also:duke of See also:Alva, and the victory made Alva Egmont's enemy. But the count now became the idol of his countrymen, who looked upon him as the saviour of Flanders from the devastations of the French. He was nominated by Philip See also:stadtholder of Flanders and See also:Artois. At the conclusion of the war by the treaty of Cateau Cambresis, Egmont was one of the four hostages selected by the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of France as pledges for its See also:execution.
The See also:attempt made by King Philip to convert the See also:Netherlands, into a See also:Spanish dependency and to govern it by Spanish ministers excited the resentment of Egmont and other leading members of the Netherlands See also:aristocracy. Between him and See also:Cardinal See also:Granvella, the all-powerful See also:minister of the See also:regent See also:Margaret of See also:Parma, there was no love lost. As a member of the See also:council of See also:state Egmont joined the prince of See also:Orange in a vigorous protest addressed to Philip (1561) against the autocratic proceedings of the minister; and two years later he again protested in See also:conjunction with the prince of Orange and Count See also:Horn. In the See also:spring of 1564 Granvella See also:left the Netherlands, and the malcontent nobles once more took their places in the council of state. The resolve, however, of Philip to enforce the decrees of the council of See also:Trent throughout the Netherlands once more aroused their resentment. Although himself a See also:good See also:Catholic, Egmont had no wish to see the Spanish See also:Inquisition established in his native See also:country. Orange, Egmont and others were convinced that the enforcement of the decrees in the Netherlands was impossible, and, in See also:January 1665, Egmont accepted a special See also:mission to Spain to make known to Philip the state of affairs and the disposition of the See also:people. At See also:Madrid the king gave him an ostentatiously cordial reception, and all the courtiers vied with one another in lavishing professions of respect upon him. They knew his vain and somewhat unstable See also:character, and hoped to win him over without conceding anything to the wishes of the Netherlanders. The king gave him plenty of flatteries and promises, but steadily evaded any serious discussion of the See also:object of his mission, and Egmont finally returned See also:home without having accomplished anything. At the same See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time Philip sent further instructions to the regent to abate nothing of the severity of the persecution.
Egmont was naturally indignant at the treatment he had received, while the terrors of the Inquisition were steadily rousing the people to a state of frenzied excitement. In 1566 a confederacy of the lesser See also:nobility was formed (See also:Les See also:Gueux) whose principles were set out in a document known as the See also:Compromise. From this See also:league Egmont held aloof; he declined to take any step savouring of actual disloyalty to his See also:sovereign. He withdrew to his See also:government of Flanders, and as stadtholder took active See also:measures for the persecution of heretics. But in the eyes of Philip he had See also:long been a marked See also:man. The Spanish king had temporized only until the moment arrived when he could crush opposition by force. In the summer of 1567 the duke of Alva was despatched to the Netherlands at the head of an army of veterans to supersede the regent Margaret and restore See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order in the discontented provinces. Orange fled to See also:Germany after having vainly warned Egmont and Horn of the dangers that threatened them. Alva was at pains to See also:lull their suspicions, and then suddenly seized them both and threw them in the See also:castle of See also:Ghent. Their trial was a See also:farce, for their See also:fate had already been determined before Alva left Spain. After some months of imprisonment they were removed to See also:Brussels, where See also:sentence was pronounced upon them (See also:June 4) by the infamous Council of See also:Blood erected by Alva. They were condemned to death for high See also:treason. It was in vain that the most See also:earnest intercessions were made in behalf of Egmont by the emperor See also:Maximilian, by the knights of the order of the See also:Golden Fleece, by the states of See also:Brabant, and by several of the See also:German princes. Vain, too, was the pathetic See also:pleading of his wife, who with her eleven See also:children was reduced to want, and had taken See also:refuge in a See also:convent. Egmont was beheaded at Brussels in the square before the See also:town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall on the See also:day after his sentence had been publicly pronounced (June 5, 1568). He met his fate with See also:calm resignation; and in the See also:storm of terror and exasperation to which this tragedy gave rise Egmont's failings were forgotten, and he and his See also:fellow-victim to Spanish tyranny were glorified in the popular See also:imagination as martyrs of Flemish freedom. From this memorable event, which See also:Goethe made the theme of his See also:play Egmont (1788), is usually dated the beginning of the famous revolt of the Netherlands.
End of Article: EGMONT (EGMOND), LAMORAL, COUNT OF
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