Floris van Egmond (1469-1539) was overal bij. Hij reisde met hertog Filips de Schone mee naar Spanje, hij achtervolgde Grote Pier in Friesland, bestreed hertog Karel van Gelre, joeg Maarten van Rossem op na diens plundering van Den Haag en bevocht de Franse koning Frans I op de slagvelden in Artois. Hij werd in 1469 geboren in een middeleeuws graafschap en overleed in 1539 in het hart van een wereldrijk, op zijn eigen kasteel in Buren.

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