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6 unusual facts about Egmond


Adalbert of Egmond

Saint Adalbert of Egmond (also called Adelbert of Egmond) (died in the first half of the 8th century in Egmond) was a Northumbrian Anglo-Saxon missionary.

Dirk II, Count of Holland

He rebuilt Egmond Abbey and its wooden church in stone to house the relics of Saint Adalbert, the project starting in 950.

Hillegom

In 1150 the abbot of Egmond had the rights to naming priests in Hillegom, indicating that a church or chapel existed there.

Isaack van Ruisdael

Very few works are known today by Isaack van Ruisdael, but he is known for landscapes in the same style as his son, and there is a view of Egmond and a view of Muiderpoort in Weesp in the RKD.

John III of Egmont

John III of Egmont (or Egmond) (Hattem, April 3, 1438 – Egmond, August 21, 1516) was first Count of Egmont, Lord of Baer, Lathum, Hoogwoude, Aarstwoude, Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam, and Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and West-Friesland.

Medieval Dutch literature

In the northern provinces, an equally great talent was exhibited by Melis Stoke, a monk of Egmond, who wrote the history of the state of Holland to the year 1305; his work, the Rijmkroniek ("Verse Chronicle"), was printed in 1591 and for its exactitude and minute detail it has proved of inestimable service to later historians.


Egmond aan den Hoef

The French philosopher René Descartes, author of Meditations on First Philosophy, lived in Egmond aan den Hoef, right near the castle remains, in 1643-44 and perhaps longer.

Egmond aan Zee

From 1995, Egmond aan Zee has hosted the Zuiderduin Masters, a yearly major darts tournament that features players for the British Darts Organisation circuit, and formally sanctioned by the World Darts Federation.

Gary van Egmond

The FFA charged Van Egmond with bringing the game into disrepute for a furious on-field outburst with Perth Glory player, Adrian Trinidad, in round 11.

Van Egmond is of Dutch heritage and is the father of Westfield Matilda player Emily van Egmond.

Storey and Van Egmond

William Gysbert Van Egmond (1883-1949), known by the nickname "Van", was born September 16, 1883, in Egmondville, Ontario.

For a few months, Van Egmond managed the Regina branch office for Saskatoon-based architect Walter W. LaChance.

Walter II, Lord of Egmond

He was the second surviving son of Gerald/Gerard II of Egmond, who had died in 1300 before his own father William II, Lord of Egmond.


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