John III of Egmont (orEgmond) (Hattem, 3 April 1438 –Egmond, 21 August 1516) wasfirst Count of Egmont, Lord of Baer, Lathum, Hoogwoude, Aarstwoude,Purmerend, Purmerland and Ilpendam, andStadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and West-Friesland.^[1]

John was a son ofWilliam IV of Egmont and Walburga van Meurs.

As his father, he supported the pro-Burgundian party in the battle for control ofGuelders.

In 1465 he made apilgrimage to theHoly Land, where he was received into theKnights of the Holy Sepulchre.

WhenCharles the Bold came to power in Guelders, John was made bailiff of West-Friesland and governor ofArnhem in 1474.

For his role in theHook and Cod wars,Maximilian of Austria made himStadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and West-Friesland in 1483, a function he held until 1515.He also became Knight in the order of theGolden Fleece.

In 1491 he was confronted with theBread and Cheese Revolt, a popular uprising in West-Friesland, which he crushed with the support ofAlbert III, Duke of Saxony.

Some portraits of John of Egmont are kept in theRijksmuseum Amsterdam and theCentraal Museum of Utrecht. Adiptych, painted by theMaster of Alkmaar, is kept in theMetropolitan Museum of Art of New York.

John married in 1484 with Magdalena van Werdenburg, a cousin of Maximilian of Austria, and had 10 children, amongst whom:

• Walburga (ca. 1489–1529), first wife ofWilliam I, Count of Nassau-Siegen, father ofWilliam of Orange.
• John IV (1499–1528), his successor.
• George (ca. 1504 – 1559), Bishop of Utrecht.

• 1438 births
• 1516 deaths
• Counts of Egmont
• Stadtholders in the Low Countries
• House of Egmond
• Knights of the Golden Fleece
• People from Hattem
• Medieval Knights of the Holy Sepulchre
• 15th-century counts in Europe
• 15th-century governors
• 16th-century governors

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