Egmond Abbey
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Egmond Abbey or St. Adalbert's Abbey is a Benedictine monastery of the Congregation of the Annunciation, situated in Egmond-Binnen, in the municipality of Bergen, in the Dutch province of North Hollan
A view of the rebuilt Egmond Abbey in 2003.
Illumination from the Egmond Gospels
A view of Egmond Abbey, by Claes Dircksz van der Heck, 1638.
A statue of Lamoraal stands in the middle of the old moat and behind him the Protestant church can be seen, that was built on top of the ruins of the old castle Egmond.
Dirk III of Holland
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Dirk III was the count with jurisdiction over what would become the county of Holland, often referred to in this period as "West Frisia", from 993 to 27 May 1039. Until 1005, this was under regency of
Dirk III, Count of Holland depicted by Hendrik van Heessel
