The Treaty of the Nobles of the Netherlands in 1568 who wished to resist the introduction of the Spanish Inquisition and of Spanish rule in the Netherlands. Hoorn is signing the treaty with Egmont to his left, both men were later arrested and beheaded. Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere, 1522 – 1568. General and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands. Philip de Montmorency (died 5 June 1568) aka Count of Horn or Hoorne or Hoorn. Victim of the Inquisition in the Spanish Netherlands. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915

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