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{{short description|Count of Nassau-Vianden and Lord of Breda}}
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[[Image:Engelbrecht-II-Nassau.jpg|240px|thumb|'''Portrait of Engelbrecht II of Nassau''' in the [[Rijksmuseum Amsterdam]].]]
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[[Image:PraalgrafengelbrechtIIbreda.jpg|240px|thumb|'''The grave of Engelbert II''' at the ''Grote Kerk'' in [[Breda]], [[Netherlands]].]]
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|name=Engelbert II of Nassau
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|image=Engelbrecht-II-Nassau.jpg
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|caption=Portrait of Engelbrecht II of Nassau in the [[Rijksmuseum Amsterdam]]
|succession=[[Nassau-Siegen|Count of Nassau-Siegen]]<br>[[Counts of Vianden|Count of Vianden]]<br>Lord of Breda
|reign=1475–1504
|predecessor=[[John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen|John IV]]
|successor=[[Henry III of Nassau-Breda]]
|birth_date=17 May 1451
|birth_place=[[Breda]]
|death_date=31 May 1504 (aged 53)
|death_place=[[Brussels]]
|burial_place=Grote kerk in [[Breda]]
|noble family=[[Nassau-Siegen]]
|spouse=Cimburga van Baden
|father=[[John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen]]
|mother=[[Mary of Looz-Heinsberg]]
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'''Engelbert II of Nassau''', Engelbrecht in Dutch, ([[Breda]], May 17 1451 &ndash; [[Brussels]], May 31 1504), was count of [[Nassau (state)|Nassau]] and [[Vianden]], lord of [[Breda]] and [[Lek (manor)|Lek]], [[Diest]], [[Roosendaal]], Nispen and [[Wouw]]. He was a soldier and courtier, for some time leader of the Privy council of the [[Duchy of Burgundy]], and a significant patron of the arts.
'''Engelbert II of Nassau''', ''Engelbrecht'' in [[Dutch language|Dutch]] (17 May 1451 – 31 May 1504), was count of [[Nassau (state)|Nassau]] and [[Vianden]] and lord of [[Breda]], [[Lek (manor)|Lek]], [[Diest]], [[Roosendaal en Nispen|Roosendaal, Nispen]] and [[Wouw]]. He was a [[soldier]] and [[courtier]], for some time leader of the Privy council of the [[Duchy of Burgundy]] and a significant patron of the arts.


==Biography==
His father was [[Jan IV of Nassau]] and his mother was [[Maria of Loon-Heinsberg]]. On December 19 1468 he married Cimburga van Baden in [[Koblenz]].
Engelbert was born in [[Breda]] on 17 May 1451, the son of [[John IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen|John IV of Nassau-Siegen]] and his wife [[Mary of Looz-Heinsberg]].<ref name="small">[https://books.google.com/books?id=qp6CYS5xIKEC&dq George Chastelain and the Shaping of Valois Burgundy: Political and Historical Culture at Court in the Fifteenth Century] by Graeme Small ([[Boydell & Brewer]], 1997)</ref>[[File:PraalgrafengelbrechtIIbreda.jpg|240px|thumb|The grave of Engelbert II at the ''Grote Kerk'' in [[Breda]], [[Netherlands]].]]On 19 December 1468 in [[Koblenz]] he married Cimburga van Baden, daughter of [[Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden]].


He was lord of Breda between 1475 and 1504. In 1472 he concluded a treaty with his brother [[Jan V of Nassau-Vianden-Diez]] in which he received the possessions left of the [[Rhine]]. [[Charles the Bold]] made him a knight in the [[Order of the Golden Fleece]] in 1473. After the death of Charles the bold, Engelbert entered in the service of [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]], who had married Charles's daughter [[Mary of Burgundy]]. In 1487, he is captured by the French in the [[Battle of Béthune]], and released for ransom 2 years later. In 1496 he was appointed [[stadtholder]] of Flanders.
Engelbert was lord of Breda between 1475 and 1504. In 1472 he concluded a treaty with his brother [[John V, Count of Nassau-Siegen|John V of Nassau-Siegen]] in which he received the possessions West of the [[Rhine]]. [[Charles the Bold]] made him a knight in the [[Order of the Golden Fleece]], at the age of 22, in 1473.<ref name=small/>


After the death of Charles the Bold, Engelbert entered in the service of [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]], who had married Charles's daughter [[Mary of Burgundy]].
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He died on May 31 1504 in Brussels and is buried in the ''Grote kerk'' in [[Breda]]. He had no legitimate children and appointed his nephew [[Henry III of Nassau-Breda]] as his successor. Engelbert had two illegitimate children : Engelbrecht and Barbara.


In 1479, he commanded troops during the [[Battle of Guinegate (1479)|Battle of Guinegate]] and during the suppression of a rebellion at [[Bruges]].<ref name=trevor>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Ykw-AAAAcAAJ&dq ''The Life and Times of William the Third, King of England, and Stadtholder of Holland: In Two Volumes (Volume 1)''] by Arthur Hill Trevor (1835)</ref>
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His portrait by the ''Master of the Portraits of Princes'', can be found in the [[Rijksmuseum Amsterdam]]. He was one of the last important patrons of Flemish [[illuminated manuscript]]s, and commissioned perhaps the most sumptuous manuscript of the ''[[Roman de la Rose]]'', [[British Library]] Harley MS 4425, which has 92 large and high quality miniatures, despite a date around 1500; the text was copied by hand from a printed edition. These are by the artist known as the [[Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500]].<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/remarkmanu/roman/ British Library]</ref> The "Hours of Engelbert of Nassau" ([[Bodleian Library, Oxford]], Ms Douce 219-220), of the 1470s or 1480s is another well-known manuscript.<ref>T Kren & S McKendrick (eds), ''Illuminating the Renaissance - The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe'', cat. 18, Getty Museum/Royal Academy of Arts, 2003, ISBN 19033973287 The ''Roman'' ms is cat. 120. see also the index for other mentions.</ref> It has been suggested that he commissioned ''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]'' by [[Hieronymous Bosch]].


In 1487, he was captured by the French during the [[Battle of Béthune]], and released for an "enormous" ransom 2 years later.<ref name=small/> In 1496 he was appointed [[stadtholder]] of Flanders and by 1498 he had been named President of the [[Grand Conseil]].
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In 1501, Maximilian named him Lieutenant-General of the [[Low Countries]].<ref name=trevor/> From that point forward (until his death in 1504) Engelbert was the principal representative of the [[House of Habsburg|Habsburg Empire]] to the region.<ref name=small/>[[File:Wapen van Engelbrecht II van Nassau - Coat of arms of Engelbrecht II of Nassau - Wapenboek Nassau-Vianden - KB 1900 A 016, folium 02r.jpg|thumb|Coat of arms of Engelbert II of Nassau from the ''[[Nassau-Vianden armorial]]'' (ca. 1490)]]

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==Death==
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Engelbert died on 31 May 1504 in [[Brussels]] and is buried in the ''Grote kerk'' in [[Breda]]. He had no legitimate children and appointed his nephew [[Henry III of Nassau-Breda]] as his successor. Engelbert had two illegitimate children: Engelbrecht and Barbara.

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==Engelbert II of Nassau in art==
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Engelbert's portrait by the ''Master of the Portraits of Princes'', can be found in the [[Rijksmuseum Amsterdam]]. He was one of the last important patrons of Flemish [[illuminated manuscript]]s, and commissioned perhaps the most sumptuous manuscript of the ''[[Roman de la Rose]]'', [[British Library]] Harley MS 4425, which has 92 large and high quality miniatures, despite a date around 1500; the text was copied by hand from a printed edition. These are by the artist known as the [[Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500]].<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/remarkmanu/roman/ British Library]</ref> The [[Book of Hours of Engelbert of Nassau]] ([[Bodleian Library, Oxford]], MS. Douce 219–220), of the 1470s or 1480s is another well-known manuscript.<ref>T Kren & S McKendrick (eds), ''Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe'', cat. 18, Getty Museum/Royal Academy of Arts, 2003, {{ISBN|1-903973-28-7}} The ''Roman'' ms is cat. 120. see also the index for other mentions.</ref> It has been suggested that he commissioned ''[[The Garden of Earthly Delights]]'' by [[Hieronymous Bosch]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Gerlach|first1=P.|title=De Nassauers van Breda en Jeroen Bosch' De Tuin der Lusten|journal=Brabantia|date=1969|volume=XVIII|pages=155–160|url=http://www.bloggen.be/hieronymus_bosch/archief.php?ID=2645435}}</ref>

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| NAME = Engelbert II of Nassau
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Count of Nassau-Vianden and Lord of Breda (1475-1504)
| DATE OF BIRTH = May 17, 1451
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Breda]], [[Netherlands]]
| DATE OF DEATH = May 31, 1504
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]
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Engelbert II of Nassau
Portrait of Engelbrecht II of Nassau in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Count of Nassau-Siegen
Count of Vianden
Lord of Breda
Reign1475–1504
PredecessorJohn IV
SuccessorHenry III of Nassau-Breda
Born17 May 1451
Breda
Died31 May 1504 (aged 53)
Brussels
BuriedGrote kerk in Breda
Noble familyNassau-Siegen
Spouse(s)Cimburga van Baden
FatherJohn IV, Count of Nassau-Siegen
MotherMary of Looz-Heinsberg

Engelbert II of Nassau, Engelbrecht in Dutch (17 May 1451 – 31 May 1504), was count of Nassau and Vianden and lord of Breda, Lek, Diest, Roosendaal, Nispen and Wouw. He was a soldier and courtier, for some time leader of the Privy council of the Duchy of Burgundy and a significant patron of the arts.

Biography

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Engelbert was born in Breda on 17 May 1451, the son of John IV of Nassau-Siegen and his wife Mary of Looz-Heinsberg.[1]

The grave of Engelbert II at the Grote Kerk in Breda, Netherlands.

On 19 December 1468 in Koblenz he married Cimburga van Baden, daughter of Charles I, Margrave of Baden-Baden.

Engelbert was lord of Breda between 1475 and 1504. In 1472 he concluded a treaty with his brother John V of Nassau-Siegen in which he received the possessions West of the Rhine. Charles the Bold made him a knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece, at the age of 22, in 1473.[1]

After the death of Charles the Bold, Engelbert entered in the service of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, who had married Charles's daughter Mary of Burgundy.

In 1479, he commanded troops during the Battle of Guinegate and during the suppression of a rebellion at Bruges.[2]

In 1487, he was captured by the French during the Battle of Béthune, and released for an "enormous" ransom 2 years later.[1] In 1496 he was appointed stadtholder of Flanders and by 1498 he had been named President of the Grand Conseil.

In 1501, Maximilian named him Lieutenant-General of the Low Countries.[2] From that point forward (until his death in 1504) Engelbert was the principal representative of the Habsburg Empire to the region.[1]

Coat of arms of Engelbert II of Nassau from the Nassau-Vianden armorial (ca. 1490)

Death

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Engelbert died on 31 May 1504 in Brussels and is buried in the Grote kerk in Breda. He had no legitimate children and appointed his nephew Henry III of Nassau-Breda as his successor. Engelbert had two illegitimate children: Engelbrecht and Barbara.

Engelbert II of Nassau in art

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Engelbert's portrait by the Master of the Portraits of Princes, can be found in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. He was one of the last important patrons of Flemish illuminated manuscripts, and commissioned perhaps the most sumptuous manuscript of the Roman de la Rose, British Library Harley MS 4425, which has 92 large and high quality miniatures, despite a date around 1500; the text was copied by hand from a printed edition. These are by the artist known as the Master of the Prayer Books of around 1500.[3] The Book of Hours of Engelbert of Nassau (Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS. Douce 219–220), of the 1470s or 1480s is another well-known manuscript.[4] It has been suggested that he commissioned The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymous Bosch.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d George Chastelain and the Shaping of Valois Burgundy: Political and Historical Culture at Court in the Fifteenth Century by Graeme Small (Boydell & Brewer, 1997)
  2. ^ a b The Life and Times of William the Third, King of England, and Stadtholder of Holland: In Two Volumes (Volume 1) by Arthur Hill Trevor (1835)
  3. ^ British Library
  4. ^ T Kren & S McKendrick (eds), Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, cat. 18, Getty Museum/Royal Academy of Arts, 2003, ISBN 1-903973-28-7 The Roman ms is cat. 120. see also the index for other mentions.
  5. ^ Gerlach, P. (1969). "De Nassauers van Breda en Jeroen Bosch' De Tuin der Lusten". Brabantia. XVIII: 155–160.
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Engelbert II of Nassau
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1485–1486 		Vacant
Direct rule of Maximilian I
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Direct rule of Philip the Handsome
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