Background
Gijsbrecht van Brederode was a son of Walraven I van Brederode and the brother of Reinoud II van Brederode.
Gijsbrecht van Brederode was a son of Walraven I van Brederode and the brother of Reinoud II van Brederode.
He was provost in Utrecht and as leader of the Hook faction, led the resistance against Rudolf van Diepholt. On 7 April 1455 he was elected bishop by the chapters, but Philip the Good put pressure on pope Calixtus III to appoint Philip"s bastard son. David of Burgundy. Philip violently quelled the resistance against this appointment and besieged Deventer.
In 1456 Gijsbrecht agreed to retract his claim to the bishopric in return for a large financial compensation.