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Engelbert II of Nassau was count of Nassau and Vianden, lord of Breda and Lek, Diest, Roosendaal, Nispen and Wouw. He was a soldier and courtier, for some time leader of the Privy council of the Duchy of Burgundy, and a significant patron of the arts. His father was Jan IV of Nassau and his mother was Maria of Loon-Heinsberg. On December 19 1468 he married Cimburga van Baden in Koblenz.
He was lord of Breda between 1475 and 1504. In 1472 he concluded a treaty with his brother Jan V of Nassau-Vianden-Diez in which he received the possessions left of the Rhine. Charles the Bold made him a knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1473. After the death of Charles the bold, Engelbert entered in the service of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, who had married Charles's daughter Mary of Burgundy. In 1487, he is captured by the French in the Battle of Béthune, and released for ransom 2 years later. In 1496 he was appointed stadtholder of Flanders....
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Engelbert II of Nassau was count of Nassau and Vianden, lord of Breda and Lek, Diest, Roosendaal, Nispen and Wouw. He was a soldier and courtier, for some time leader of the Privy council of the Duchy of Burgundy, and a significant patron of the arts. His father was Jan IV of Nassau and his mother was Maria of Loon-Heinsberg. On December 19 1468 he married Cimburga van Baden in Koblenz.
He was lord of Breda between 1475 and 1504. In 1472 he concluded a treaty with his brother Jan V of Nassau-Vianden-Diez in which he received the possessions left of the Rhine. Charles the Bold made him a knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1473. After the death of Charles the bold, Engelbert entered in the service of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, who had married Charles's daughter Mary of Burgundy. In 1487, he is captured by the French in the Battle of Béthune, and released for ransom 2 years later. In 1496 he was appointed stadtholder of Flanders....
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Order of the Golden Fleece
The Order of the Golden Fleece (German: Orden vom Goldenen Vlies; Dutch: Orde van het Gulden Vlies; French: Ordre de la Toison d'Or; Italian: Ordine del Toson d'Oro; Spanish: Orden del Toisón de Oro) is an order of chivalry founded in Bruges in 1430... |
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Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
Charles the Bold (or Charles the Rash), was Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477. Known as Charles the Terrible to his enemies, he was the last Valois Duke of Burgundy and his early death was a pivotal, if under-recognised, moment in European history.... |
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Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch Painter
Hieronymus Bosch was an Early Netherlandish painter. His work is known for its use of fantastic imagery to illustrate moral and religious concepts and narratives.
Bosch's thematology does not differ much from that of his contemporary artists; the... |
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Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
Maximilian was born in Vienna as the son of the Emperor Frederick III and Eleanore of Portugal. He married (1477-1482) the heiress of Burgundy, Mary, the only daughter of Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy. Through this marriage, Maximilian obtained... |
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Henry III of Nassau-Breda
Count Henry III of Nassau-Dillenburg-Dietz, Lord (from 1530 Baron) of Breda, Lord of the Lek, of Dietz, etc. was a count of the House of Nassau. He was the son of Count John V of Nassau-Dillenburg and Elisabeth of Hesse. His younger brother was Willi... |
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