Dirk II van Brederode photograph

Dirk II Van Brederode

Dirk II Van Brederode Life story


Dirk van Brederode, died on his journey back from Palestina. He was buried in the Dominican church in Rheims. The son and heir of William I van Brederode, he was nicknamed 'the Good'. Dirk van Brederode became lord of Brederode in 1285, bailiff of Kennemerland in 1288, and was knighted in 1290.

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