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Gijsbrecht IV of Amstel or
Gijsbrecht IV van Amstel (c.
1235–c.
1303) was a powerful lord in medieval
Holland. His territory was the
Heren van Amstel, and his son was
Jan I.
Life
His family probably originated from
Ouderkerk near Amsterdam, deriving their name from their castle on the
River Amstel, and tried to create an independent principality between
Utrecht and
Holland.
To this end Gijsbrecht IV - along with the other powerful lords
Zweder of Abcoude,
Arnoud of Amstel, and
Herman VI of Woerden - instigated a revolt against
Floris V, Count of Holland, and
Jan van Nassau, bishop-elect of Utrecht. They held lands on the border with the adjacent
bishopric of
Utrecht (the area of
Amsterdam,
Abcoude,
IJsselstein, and
Woerden) at the expense of the bishop, and were backed by the craftsmen of
Utrecht, the peasants of Kennemerland (
Alkmaar and surroundings), Waterland (north of
Amsterdam) and Amstelland (Amsterdam and surroundings) and the
West Frisians. However, when Floris made a treaty with the craftsmen and made concessions to the peasants (Kennemerland was a duneland, where the farmers had far less rights then the farmers in the
polders), the revolt was brought to an abrupt halt. In 1278, Floris captured Gjisbrecht and exiled Herman. The bishop of Utrecht eventually (in 1279 or 1281) also added the lands of the rebellious lords to Floris's territory in retribution.
Gijsbrecht changed sides when opportune, and some accounts allege him to have been involved in Floris's later capture and assassination. After his resulting exile, he established himself probably in
Oss in the
Duchy of Brabant. He died in exile in Flanders, though Professor Pim de Boer at the
University of Groningen has found serious (though not entirely conclusive) indications that Gijsbrecht - after his exile, with a few followers - founded
Pruissisch Holland (now in Poland), not far from
Elbing (also now in Poland).
In later culture
He was the eponymous hero of a play by
Joost van den Vondel,
Gijsbrecht van Aemstel. This was set during the siege of 1304, and switched him with his son Jan. Through this mistaken-identity, Gjisbrecht has become a hero of Amsterdam, with a statue in the
Beurs van Berlage and a city park in southern Amsterdam named after him, the Gijsbrecht van Aemstelpark. (This park lies along the
Van Nijenrodeweg in
Buitenveldert and stretches from between
Amstelveenseweg and
Europaboulevard.)
Sources
- http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/Cambridge/entries/079/Gijsbrecht-IV-van-Amstel.html
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