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| | Famous Belgians - Lamoral Egmont (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Egmont joined William I, Prince of Orange, in protesting to Philip against the infringement of Flemish liberties and the introduction of the Inquisition into the Netherlands. |
 | | When Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, duke of Alva, was sent in 1567 to restore order in the country, Egmont and another Flemish nobleman, Philip de Montmorency, count of Hoorn (1518-1568), remained there in spite of warnings from Prince William to leave the country, and Alva had them imprisoned. |
 | | Goethe used incidents in Egmont's life as the basis for his tragedy “Egmont” in 1788, for which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote incidental music and “The Egmont Overture” in 1810. |
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