It is named after Lamoral, Count of Egmont, a Flemish military leader and statesman of the 16th century.
Count | Count Basie | count | Count Dracula | The Count of Monte Cristo | Earl of Egmont | Imperial Count | Count of Flanders | Count of Barcelona | Count Basie Orchestra | Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares | Count of Soissons | You Can Count on Me | John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont | Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas | Count Palatine | Count palatine | Count of Paris | John II, Count of Rietberg | Count of Nevers | count of Blois | William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg | Simon VI, Count of Lippe | Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona | Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona | Prince Gaston, Count of Eu | Peter II, Count of Savoy | Juan Vicente de Güemes, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo | John Perceval, 3rd Earl of Egmont | Gustav Horn, Count of Pori |
His family's stature increased further in 1544 when, at Spires, in the presence of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and of the Archduke Ferdinand I, he married the Countess Palatine Sabine of Simmern, whose brother became the Elector Palatine Frederick III.
Maximilian Karl Lamoral Graf O’Donnell von Tyrconnell (October 29, 1812 — July 14, 1895) was an Austrian officer and civil servant who became famous when he saved the life of Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria.
The descendants of Lamoral, Baron Taxis di Bordogna e Valnigra (1900–1966) from his marriage to Princess Theresia Christiane of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1902–1990), daughter of Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and his wife Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria, are known by the family name Tasso de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança.