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'''Engelbert II of Nassau''', Engelbrecht in Dutch, ([[Breda]], May 17 1451 – [[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, ([[Breda]], May 17 1451 – [[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. |
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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]]. |
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]]. |
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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. |
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. |
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Revision as of 13:18, 2 January 2012
Engelbert II of Nassau, Engelbrecht in Dutch, (Breda, May 17 1451 – Brussels, May 31 1504), was count of Nassau and Vianden, lord of Breda and 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.[1] The "Hours of Engelbert of Nassau" (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Ms Douce 219-220), of the 1470s or 1480s is another well-known manuscript.[2] It has been suggested that he commissioned The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymous Bosch.
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- ^ British Library
- ^ 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.
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