Name Hendrik den | Role Count | |
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Died May 22, 1638, Zutphen, Netherlands Parents Willem IV van den Bergh, Maria of Nassau Similar People Willem IV van den Bergh, Frederick Henry - Prince of, Ambrogio Spinola - 1st Marqu, Maurice - Prince of Orange | ||
Hendrik, count van den Bergh (1573, Bremen – 22 May 1638), lord of Stevensweert, was a Dutch soldier in Spanish service during the Eighty Years' War and stadhouder of Spanish Upper Guelders.
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Life
Hendrik was the seventh son of Willem IV van den Bergh and Maria of Nassau, the oldest sister of William the Silent. Like all his brothers, he served in the Spanish military. He fought at (among others) Jülich, Breda, Grol and in 1629 at 's-Hertogenbosch, where prince Frederick Henry could not prevent his entry. He distinguished himself so much under Ambrogio Spinola that, after the Twelve Years' Truce, he was the second-highest commander in the army of Albert and Isabella.
He later led a noble party dissatisfied with Spanish involvement in the Southern Netherlands, culminating in the Conspiracy of Nobles (1632). He negotiated with René de Renesse, 1st Count of Warfusée and Frederick Henry and defected to the stadhouder's forces in 1632. During the Maas campaign he captured Roermond and Venlo for the States, and during 1633 acted openly as a member of the States army.
Marriages and issue
In 1612 Hendrik married Margaretha van Wittem van Beersel (1582-1627), daughter of Jan van Wittem and Maria Margaretha van Merode. They had two children:
In 1629 Hendrik married Hiëronyma Catharina, countess of Spaur-Flavon (1600-1683), daughter of George Frederik van Spaur-Flavon. They had 3 children:
With another wife (name unknown) he had: