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BREDERODE, HENRY, COUNT of (1531-1568), was born at Brussels in 1531. He was the descendant of an ancient race, which had for some centuries been settled in Holland, and had taken an active part in the affairs of war and peace. Count Henry
Inquisition and Spanish despotism into the Netherlands. In 1566 he was one of the founders cf the confederacy of nobles who bound themselves to maintain the rights and liberties of the country by signing a document known as " the Compromise." On the 5th of April of that year Brederode accompanied to the palace a body
petition setting forth their grievances, called " the Request." It was at a banquet at the Hotel Culemburg on the 8th of April, presided over by Brederode, that the sobriquet of les Gueux, or " the Beggars," was first given to the opponents of Spanish rule
exile shortly afterwards at the early age of thirty-six.End of Article: BREDERODE, HENRY, COUNT If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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