The lords of van Brederode were a noble family from Holland that played an important role during the Middle Ages. The earliest documented members appear in the 13th century in the region of Santpoort, at Castle Brederode

Castle Brederode

Castle Brederode, also called the Ruïns of Brederode, is located near Santpoort-Zuid.The castle was founded in the second half of the 13th century by William I van Brederode . William was a descendant of the lords van Teylingen, who were related to the counts of Holland...

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History

They were closely descended from the Counts of Holland

Count of Holland

The Counts of Holland ruled over the County of Holland in the Low Countries between the 10th and the 16th century.-House of Holland:The first count of Holland, Dirk I, was the son or foster-son of Gerolf, Count in Frisia...

 and the powerful Van Teylingen family (see Slot Teylingen

Slot Teylingen

Slot Teylingen is a Dutch castle in the municipality of Teylingen, in Voorhout, near the border with Sassenheim. It is presumably the family keep of the noble family Van Teylingen, from which the Van Brederode family directly descended from....

, about halfway between Haarlem

Haarlem

Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...

 and Leiden). Dirk I van Brederode

Dirk I van Brederode

Dirk van Teylingen, lord of Brederode was lord of Brederode and landdrost of the counts of Holland.-Life:...

, also called Dirk van Teylingen, built the Brederode castle.

During the Protestant Reformation

Protestant Reformation

The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...

 the van Brederode family left Holland and their properties were confiscated by the government. Their descendants sued, but when the decision came in their favor, the family line had died out. (the last known descendant was in the 17th century). The debt to the unknown heirs is still on the Netherlands State Budget ("Nederlandse staatsbegroting"). Currently the Dutch monarch is entitled to the interest of the capital (Queen Wilhelmina was the first to be entitled to this money). In 1967 the sum was said to be around 3.000 million Dutch guilders.

Lords of Brederode

• William, 1st Lord of Brederode (1156–1203)
• Dirk I, 2nd Lord of Brederode
  Dirk I van Brederode
  Dirk van Teylingen, lord of Brederode was lord of Brederode and landdrost of the counts of Holland.-Life:...
  
   (1180–1236)
• William I, 3rd Lord of Brederode
  William I van Brederode
  Willem van Brederode was Lord of Brederode.-Life:He was the son of Dirk I van Brederode and Alvaradis van Heusden. William was only recognised as lord of Brederode in 1244, partially because he was a minor before that...
  
   (1236–1285)
• Dirk II, 4th Lord of Brederode
  Dirk II van Brederode
  Dirk van Brederode , died on his journey back from Palestina. He was buried in the Dominican church in Rheims....
  
   (1252–1318)
• Dirk III, 5th Lord of Brederode
  Dirk III van Brederode
  Dirk III van Brederode was lord of Brederode.He was the son of William van Brederode and grandson of Dirk II van Brederode. His mother was Elisabeth of Cleves , a daughter of Diederik II of Cleves. Dirk III was officially named lord of Brederode in 1333 by William III, count of Holland...
  
   (1308–1377)
• Reinoud I, 6th Lord of Brederode
  Reinoud I van Brederode
  Reinoud I van Brederode was the 6th lord of Brederode.-Life:He was a son of Dirk III van Brederode and Beatrix van Heinsberg van Valkenberg. In 1358 Reinoud was appointed bailiff of Kennemerland by Albert I, count of Holland. In the same year an assassination attempt was made on him at...
  
   (1336–1390)
• Jan I, 7th Lord of Brederode
  Jan I van Brederode
  Jan van Brederode was lord of Brederode and during his life abbot and soldier.-Life:Jan was the son of Reinoud I van Brederode and Jolanda van Gennep. In 1390 he succeeded his father as the 7th lord of Brederode...
  
   (1370/72-1415)
• Walraven I, 8th Lord of Brederode
  Walraven I van Brederode
  Walraven I van Brederode was Burgrave of Stavoren from 1400 to 1401, lord of Brederode from 1402 to 1417, and Stadtholder of Holland from 1416 to 1417.-Life:...
  
   (1370/73-1417)
• Reinoud II, 9th Lord of Brederode
  Reinoud II van Brederode
  Reinoud II van Brederode was lord of Vianen, Ameide, Lexmond, Hei- en Boeicop, Meerkerk, Tienhoven and Twaalfhoven.-Life:...
  
   (1415–1473)
• Walraven II, 10th Lord of Brederode
  Walraven II van Brederode
  Walraven II van Brederode was Lord of Brederode, Vianen, Ameide, Bailiff of Hagestein and Burgrave of Utrecht.-Life:...
  
   (1455–1531)
• Reinoud III, 11th Lord of Brederode
  Reinoud III van Brederode
  Reinoud III van Brederode , lord of Brederode and Vianen, burgrave of Utrecht, master of the woods and master of the hunt of Holland, member of the Council of State....
  
   (15??-1584)
• Hendrick I, 12th Lord of Brederode (1531–1568)
• Reinoud IV, 13th Lord of Brederode (1520–1584)
• Walraven III, 14th Lord of Brederode (1547–1614)
• Walraven IV, 15th Lord of Brederode (1596–1620)
• Joan Wolfert, 16th Lord of Brederode (1599–1655)

Other family members

• Frans van Brederode
  Frans van Brederode
  Frans van Brederode was a rebel in Holland against the rule of king Maximilian of Germany, father and regent of Duke Philip the Handsome of Burgundy. Duke Philip was Count of Holland - Brederode belonged to the Hook faction in Holland, which didn't acknowledge Maximilian...
  
  
• Gijsbrecht van Brederode
  Gijsbrecht van Brederode
  Gijsbrecht van Brederode was bishop-elect of Utrecht from 1455 to 1456.Gijsbrecht van Brederode was a son of Walraven I van Brederode and the brother of Reinoud II van Brederode. He was provost in Utrecht and as leader of the Hook faction, led the resistance against Rudolf van Diepholt...
  
  , bishop of Utrecht
• William van Brederode
  William van Brederode (admiral)
  Willem van Brederode was an admiral-captain and an important partisan of the Hook faction during the Hook and Cod wars.He was the son of Reinoud I van Brederode and Jolanda van Gennep van der Eem. William was knighted in 1402 by William VI, count of Holland...
  
  , admiral