Officers: prévôtés, bailiwicks, seneschals · County of Holland · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Egmond

The lords of Egmond hold the advocacy of the counts' house abbey of Egmond in Kennemerland, the lay protection and the high justice over the abbey's people, and quarrel with the abbots over its rights.

They lead the Kennemer nobility on the West Frisian frontier.

Who he is

Name
Not pinned: Walter of Egmond is named on William's side in 1203
Title
Advocate (voogd) of Egmond Abbey
Since
Not pinned
Born
Not pinned
Family
Berwold of Egmond witnessed the treaty of Bruges in 1167-1168.
Confidence
low

The advocate on 1 January 1200 is not pinned.

Overlord

The count of Holland, patron of the abbey

What it holds

  • The advocacy of Egmond Abbey and justice over its people
  • Lands round Egmond and Heiloo in Kennemerland

How it was acquired

Hereditary advocacy.

Allies and rivals

Quarrels with the abbots of Egmond; with William in 1203.

How things stand that morning

Holds the advocacy under the count.

Wealth

The advocacy's dues and fines; farms on the old dunes.

Military

Kennemer knights against West Frisia. No numbers are recorded.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: The advocacy and the 1168 and 1203 names are attested.

On the map: Rough.

Primary sources for Holland

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

  • Annals of Egmond (12th century to about 1205). The house annals of Egmond, the counts of Holland's abbey, and the main native source for Holland around 1200. Read online
  • Chronicle of the abbots of Wittewierum (Bloemhof), Emo of Wittewierum (from 1219 to 1237, continued by Menko to 1273). The chronicle opens only in 1204 with the founding of Emo's Premonstratensian house in the Groningen Ommelanden, so it has nothing for 1200 itself. Read online

Sources and studies

  1. J. Wagenaar, Vaderlandsche historie II, ch. XIX: treaty of Bruges 1167-1168 and its witnesses (DBNL)
  2. Loon War (en.wikipedia)

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.