William I van Brederode

Willem van Brederode (1226/30 in Santpoort – 3 June 1285 in Velsen) 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. Van Brederode accompanied William II, Count of Holland in his campaign against rebels above the Rhine in the Ruhr in 1248/49, and again in a campaign against the West Frisians in 1256. He was knighted in 1255, and appointed bailiff of Kennemerland in 1269. On 25 June 1282 he was awarded the rights to Goudriaan, , Papendrecht, Peursum and Slingeland. William died in 1285 and was buried in the Brederode-chapel of the Engelmundus-church in Velsen.

Family and Children[]

In 1254 William married Hildegonde van Voorne, and they had six children:

• Dirk II van Brederode, 1256–1318, William's successor
• Alverade van Brederode, 1258 – after 1323
• Rikairde van Brederode, ca. 1263 – after 1303
• Floris I (Florentius) van Schoten (Adrichem), ca. 1265 – 1327
• Aleid van Brederode, 1260–1333
• Theodoricus de Scouten, before 1297 – unknown
• William Ver Margrietsone van Brederode, unknown – after 1317
• Theodorius van Schoten, 1270 – unknown

References[]

• Johannes a Leydis, Opusculum de gestis regalium abbatum monasterii sancti Athalberti ordinis sancti Benedicti in Egmonda (written between 1477 and 1484).
• Willem Procurator, (translated M. Gumbert-Hepp; J.P. Gumbert (ed.), Kroniek. Hilversum, Publisher Verloren, 2001