Karel II van Egmont

Charles, Count of Egmont (Château de Lahamaide, 1567 – The Hague, 18 January 1620) was the 7th Count of Egmont, prince of Gavere and Lord of Zottegem.

Biography He was the third son of Sabina of Palatinate-Simmern and Lamoral, Count of Egmont, who was beheaded by the Spanish in 1568 in Brussels. He never knew his father. When his two elder brothers, Philip and Lamoral II, died without children, he became the 7th Count of Egmont in 1617.

After his death in The Hague in 1620, Charles II of Egmont was buried in Armentières. Charles's heart is on display in the Egmont Museum of Zottegem Town Hall. The heart-shaped lead casket is located in the Egmont Crypt of the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady, Zottegem.

Marriage and children Charles married Maria van Lens, Baroness of Aubignies. They had 4 childeren : Louis of Egmont (1600–1654), 8th Count of Egmont, had issue Magdalena (died 1663), married Alexander of Arenberg and Chimay Alberta (1593–1621), married René de Renesse, 1st Count of Warfusée Philippa Sabina, never married.