Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Lamoral, Count of Egmont

General and statesman in Flanders

Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1522

Date of Death: 05-Jun-1568

Profession: politician, condottiero

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere (18 November 1522 – 5 June 1568) was a general and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands just before the start of the Eighty Years' War, whose execution helped spark the national uprising that eventually led to the independence of the Netherlands.