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- His great uncle is Arnold van Egmond, Count of Gelre and Zutphen (1410-1473).
Floris van Egmond (ca. 1470 – 25 October 1539) was count of Buren andLeerdam and Lord of IJsselstein and Sint Maartensdijk. He was stadtholder of Guelders (1507–1511) and Friesland (1515–1518)
Floris was the son of Frederik van Egmond and Aleida van Culemborg. His career started in the 1490s as a chamberlord in the royal householdof Philip I of Castile. After Philip's death, Floris gained a seat inthe Court Council of Margaret of Habsburg, at the time the governor of the Netherlands. In 1505 he was knighted in the Order of the Golden Fleece.
As a stadtholder of Guelders, he represented the Habsburg government in the parts of Guelders owned by Magaretha.
In 1515 he became stadtholder of Friesland, when it was sold by George, Duke of Saxony to Habsburg. George of Saxony had failed to subdue Friesland during the Guelderian Wars, and Floris controlled only a fewcities (Leeuwarden, Harlingen en Franeker).
Floris was also a commander in arms. In 1523, he was appointed commander of the Dutch troops for an invasion of France during the Italian War of 1521–26. In 1536, Floris became Captain-General of the Army thatwas present in the northern parts of the Low Countries.
Floris van Egmond married Margaret of Glymes-Bergen, daughter of Cornelis of Glymes, on 12 October 1500.They had 2 children :
Maximiliaan van Egmond would also become stadtholder of Friesland. Maximiliaan's daughter Anna van Egmond married William of Orange in 1551.
Anna van Egmond, married Joseph of Montmorency and John of Horn. She was the mother of Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn and Floris of Montmorency.
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1469 - 1539 (70 years)
Anna van Egmond, b. 1502 d. 1574 (Age 72 years)