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Gijsbrecht van Brederode

Gijsbrecht van Brederode

Bishop of Utrecht

Gijsbrecht van Brederode (1416 – 15 August 1475) was a Dutch nobleman who served as Bishop-elect of Utrecht from his election on 7 April 1455 until his resignation on 6 August 1456.[1][2]

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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. He remained, however, a thorn in the side of David, who imprisoned him together with his brother Reinoud in 1470.

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  1. [1]
    Blok, Petrus Johannes; Molhuysen, Philipp Christiaan, eds. (1937). "[Brederode, Gijsbrecht of Gijsbert van]". Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (in Dutch). Vol. 10. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. [2]
    Alberts, W. Jappe (1964). "Gisbert". Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 6 (Online ed.). p. 412.
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