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The son and heir of William I van Brederode, he was nicknamed "the Good".
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Dirk Van Brederode
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He was buried in the Dominican church in Rheims. Dirk van Brederode became lord of Brederode in 1285, bailiff of Kennemerland in 1288, and was knighted in 1290. He took part in, amongst others, the campaign against Friesland in 1288 under the command of Floris V of Holland, with a fleet of ships.
In the same year he led an army sent by Floris V to Utrecht to arrest the lords of Amstel and Woerden.
