Philip de Montmorency, Count of Hoorn

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Philip de Montmorency (1524 - June 5, 1568, Brussels) was also known as Count of Horne.

De Montmorency was born, between 1518 and 1526, possibly at the Ooidonk Castle, as the son of Jozef van Montmorency, Count of Nevele and Anna van Egmont. His father died in 1530 in Italy, and his mother remarried Johan II, Count of Horne/Hoorne, from which Philip inheited the County of Horne in 1540. A page and latere chamberlain at the court of Charles V, he married Walburgis of Nieuwenaar in 1546. He became stadtholder of Guelders in 1555, an admiral of Flanders, and a knight of the Golden Fleece in 1556.

In 1559 he commanded the stately fleet which conveyed Philip II from the Netherlands to Spain, and he remained at the Spanish court until 1563. On his return he placed himself with the Prince of Orange and Count of Egmont at the head of the party which opposed the policy of Cardinal Granvelle. When Granvelle retired the three nobles continued to resist the introduction of the Spanish Inquisition and of Spanish rule in the Netherlands.

Together with the Count of Egmont he was seized, tried and condemned as traitor. They were executed on the June 5, 1568 in the great square before the Town Hall at Brussels.

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