Background
He was the son of Michèl de Berlaymont and Maria de Berault.
He was the son of Michèl de Berlaymont and Maria de Berault.
1578 in Namur?) was a leading nobleman in the Low Countries in the 16th century. He was an important counselor of Margaret of Parma and generally sided with Spanish politics in the early years of the Eighty Years War. He was lord of Floyon and Haultpenne, and baron of Hierges.
In 1553, he became stadtholder of Namur.
In 1574, his home territory Berlaimont was elevated to the status of a county. In 1577, Berlaymont was one of the signees of the Union of Brussels, which he immediately repudiated.
He is known for his famous comment on the Compromise of Nobles in 1566. When Margaret asked who these people were, Berlaymont supposedly answered with "Ce ne sont que des geux" (they are but beggars) after which the Dutch rebels promptly adopted the name Geuzen as their own.
Gilles de Berlaymont (ca 1540 - 1579), stadtholder of various territories of the Seventeen Provinces.
Died at the Siege of Maastricht (1579)
Louis de Berlaymont (1542 - 1596), archbishop of Cambrai and prevost of Saint Servatius in Maastricht
Lancelot de Berlaymont, lord of Beauraing
Claude de Berlaymont (1550 - 1587), lord of Hautepenne, governor of Breda
Adrienne de Berlaymont (? - 1582), married John of Brandenburg
Yolande de Berlaymont (1560-?)
Marie de Berlaymont (?).
In 1567, he became a member of the much-dreaded Council of Troubles.