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    Gilles van Berlaymont (c. 1545 – 18 June 1579 in Maastricht) was stadtholder for the Spanish Crown of Drenthe, Friesland, Groningen and Overijssel (1572-1573)...
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    of Bojano 1578–1579: Gilles van Berlaymont, lord of Hierges 1579–1597?: Florent de Berlaymont, count of Lalaing and Berlaymont 1597–1610: Charles III...
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    J. Jacobs. pp. 16–18.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (in Dutch) Gilles van Berlaymont moordt Oudewater uit 1546 - 1579...
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  • 1575, the Spanish forces, between 8,000 and 10,000 soldiers, led by Gilles de Berlaymont, Lord of Hierges, and Stadtholder of Guelders, Holland, Zeeland and...
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    Claude de Berlaymont (or Claudius van Barlaymont), lord of Haultpenne (ca. 1550 – 14 July 1587), was a Flemish military commander in Spain's Army of Flanders...
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    background. The three-day Carnival of Binche, near Mons, with its famous Gilles (men dressed in high, plumed hats and bright costumes) is held just before...
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    alarmed at the appearance of so large a body, but one of her councillors, Berlaymont, allegedly remarked "N'ayez pas peur Madame, ce ne sont que des gueux"...
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    Philip of Noircarmes, and after the latter's death in March, 1574, by Gilles de Berlaymont, lord of Hierges as royalist stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and...
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    uncontrolled, with little planning. The current major buildings are the Berlaymont building of the commission, symbolic of the quarter as a whole, the Europa...
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    Spanish side, preparations began in March, when Farnese ordered Gilles de Berlaymont, general of the artillery, to leave Namur for Liège and organize...
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