Van Brederode

Brederode Coat of Arms
Brederode Coat of Arms
Current region	Netherlands
Place of origin	Santpoort

The lords of Van Brederode were a noble family from Holland who 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.

History[]

They were closely descended from the Counts of Holland and the powerful family (see Slot Teylingen, about halfway between Haarlem and Leiden). Dirk I van Brederode, also called Dirk van Teylingen, built the Brederode castle.^[1]

During the Protestant Reformation the Van Brederode family left Holland and their properties were confiscated by the government. Their descendants sued the government, but when the decision came in their favor the family line had died out (the last known descendant lived 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.

Heraldry[]

The coat of arms of the family is depicted in the medieval Gelre Armorial (folio 83r).

Picture of Castle Brederode, in Santpoort-Zuid.

Family tree[]

William van Teylingen (1156–1203)
- Dirk I van Brederode (1180–1236) m. Alveradis van Heusden
  - William I van Brederode (1236–1285) m. Hildegonde van Voorne d.1302
    - Dirk II van Brederode (1252–1318) m. Maria van der Lecke
      - Katharina van Brederode (-1372) m. John I, Lord of Polanen
      - William II van Brederode (-1316) m. Elisabeth von Kleve
        Dirk III van Brederode (1308–1377) m. Beatrix van Valkenburg d.1354
        Reinoud I van Brederode (1336–1390) m. Johanna van Gennep d.1413
        Jan I van Brederode (1370/72–1415)
        
        Walraven I van Brederode (1370/73–1417) m. Johanna van Vianen en Ameide d. 1418
        Reinoud II van Brederode (1415–1473) m. Yolanthe de Lalaing d. 1497
        Walraven II van Brederode (1455–1531) m. Margaretha van Borselen d. 1507
        Reinoud III van Brederode (15??–1584) m. Philippine von der Marck, d. 1539
        Hendrick van Brederode (1531–1568) m. Amalia von Neuenahr d.1602
        
        Wolfert van Brederode (1495-1548) m. Adriana Back van Asten
        Reinoud IV van Brederode (1520–1584)m. Margaretha van Doorne
        Walraven III van Brederode (1547–1614) m. Gulielma van Haeften
        
        Floris van Brederode (-1599) m. Dorothea van Haeften
        Walraven IV van Brederode (1596–1620)
        
        Joan Wolfert van Brederode (1599–1655)m.1 Anna Johanna van Nassau-Siegen (1594-1636) m.2 Louise Christina zu Solms-Braunfels (1606-1669)
        Amalia Margaretha van Brederode (1625-1663)
        
        Frans van Brederode (1465-1490)
        
        Gijsbrecht van Brederode (1416-1475)
        
        William van Brederode (1380-1451)