Willem Eggert

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Willem Eggert
Drawing of Eggert's Purmerstein Castle (circa 16th century)

Knight Willem Eggert (* around 1360 ; † July 15, 1417 in Purmerend , North Holland ) was an influential Dutch nobleman under the government of Count Willem VI. and its governor and financier.

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Willem was the son of Jan Eggert, the wealthy landowner from the Eggert family. In 1392 he supported the revolt of Wilhelm van Oostervant against the Bavarian Duke Albrecht . After Oostervant was elected Count of Holland , Willem Eggert was named councilor and treasurer of the city of Amsterdam , and in 1415 chief treasurer of Holland . Eggert was the Count's ambassador and deputy and lent him money for his various wars. Eggert became the second man at court and in Dutch politics. In the years 1416 and 1417 he held a brief tenure as governor of Holland , in this function he worked in property matters - concerning the county - as a clever, skilful and prudent confidante of the count. From this he was able to obtain many privileges for the city of Amsterdam.

On November 4, 1410 he was by Count Willem VI. appointed to the first army of Purmerend and Purmerland , whose first castle - Purmerstein - was built in 1413. In 1414 Eggert built a Collegium Theologicum in the Nieuwe Kerk, which he built in his orchard from 1408 . In 1414 he brokered a 30-year peace with the Frisians for the Counts of Holland . In 1416 he was also named as Provost of Utrecht .

After Count Wilhelm's death, Eggert spent his twilight years at Purmerstein Castle. After he died shortly after the Count in 1417, he was buried in the Amsterdam Nieuwe Kerk . His son Jan followed him as Lord of Purmerend and Purmerland .

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predecessor Office successor
New title created Lord of Purmerend and Purmerland
1410–1417 		Jan Eggert

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SURNAME Eggert, Willem
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eggaert, Willem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mr. Purmerend, governor of Holland
DATE OF BIRTH around 1360
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1417
Place of death Purmerend , North Holland , Netherlands