Background
He was the son of Floris van Egmont whom he succeeded as count after his father"s death in 1539.
He was the son of Floris van Egmont whom he succeeded as count after his father"s death in 1539.
He studied Ancient Greek at the Catholic University of Leuven in 1516 and was a friend of the 16th century intellectual Erasmus.
By 1528 he was at the court of Erard de la Marck, Prince-Bishop of Liege. He later saw action in the Schmalkaldic War from 1546 to 1547. Maximilian married Françoise de Lannoy in 1531 and had one child, Anna van Egmont, who later married William the Silent, Prince of Orange in 1551.
He died of sickness in 1548, attended by the surgeon Vesalius.
On his death bed he wore full armor and drank to the health of the Holy Roman Emperor.
