Charles of Egmond

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Charles of Egmond was a late 15th- and early 16th-century Duke of Guelders known for his prolonged resistance to Habsburg domination in the Low Countries.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Charles of Egmond canonical 4
Karel van Gelre 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf duke ⓘ
human ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
ally Duchy of Berg ⓘ
Duchy of Cleves ⓘ
Duchy of Jülich ⓘ
King Francis I of France ⓘ
linked to: Francis I of France
birthDate 1467-11-09 ⓘ
birthPlace Grave ⓘ
burialPlace Arnhem ⓘ
captivityLocation Burgundy ⓘ
capturedBy Charles the Bold ⓘ
conflict Guelders Wars ⓘ
Habsburg–Guelders conflict ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Guelders ⓘ
deathDate 1538-06-30 ⓘ
deathPlace Arnhem ⓘ
dynasticContext late medieval and early modern Low Countries ⓘ
father Adolf of Egmond ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
historicalEra Early modern period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern period

Late Middle Ages ⓘ
house House of Egmond ⓘ
languageSpoken Dutch ⓘ
mother Catherine of Bourbon ⓘ
nativeName Karel van Egmond ⓘ
linked to: Frederik van Egmond

Karel van Gelre ⓘ
linked to: Charles of Egmond
nobleFamily House of Egmond ⓘ
notableFor Guelders Wars against the Habsburgs ⓘ
resistance to Habsburg rule in the Low Countries ⓘ
opponent Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
House of Habsburg ⓘ
policy opposition to Burgundian-Habsburg centralization ⓘ
positionHeld Count of Zutphen ⓘ
Duke of Guelders ⓘ
predecessor Mary of Burgundy ⓘ
regionOfActivity Guelders ⓘ
linked to: County of Guelders

Low Countries ⓘ
Zutphen ⓘ
reignEnd 1538 ⓘ
reignStart 1492 ⓘ
releasedWithSupportFrom King Charles VIII of France ⓘ
religion Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
successor William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg ⓘ
territoryRuled County of Zutphen ⓘ
Duchy of Guelders ⓘ
titleClaim Duke of Guelders ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Duchy of Guelders → notableRuler → Charles of Egmond ⓘ
Charles of Egmond → nativeName → Karel van Gelre ⓘ
linked to: Charles of Egmond
Guelders Wars → involvedPerson → Charles of Egmond ⓘ
Habsburg–Guelders conflict → opponent → Charles of Egmond ⓘ