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Horn, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn

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Horn, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn (c. 1518–1568)

Flemish politician. He held high offices under the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and his son Philip II. From 1563 he was one of the leaders of the opposition to the rule of Cardinal Granvella (1517–1586) and to the introduction of the Inquisition. In 1567 he was arrested, together with the Resistance leader Egmont, and both were beheaded in Brussels.



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