List of Famous people named Lamoral

Here are some famous Lamorals:

Lamoral, Count of Egmont

First Name Lamoral,
Born on November 18, 1522
Died on June 5, 1568 (aged 45)


Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere was a general and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands just before the start of the Eighty Years' War, whose execution helped spark the national uprising that eventually led to the independence of the Netherlands.

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Lamoral, 1st Prince of Ligne

First Name Lamoral,
Born on July 19, 1563
Died on February 6, 1624 (aged 60)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Lamoral, 1st Prince of Ligne was a diplomat in the 17th century.

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Lamoral II Claudius Franz, Count of Thurn and Taxis

First Name Lamoral
Died on September 13, 1676

Lamoral II Claudius Franz, Count of Thurn and Taxis was a German nobleman and Imperial Postmaster. He took over the post of Imperial Postmaster General from his mother when he came of age in 1646. He obtained permission from the Emperor in 1650 to change his family name to von Thurn, Valsassina und Taxis, but then opted for the shorter von Thurn und Taxis. He and his mother were instrumental in the organization of the Imperial postal system. After the end of the Thirty Years' War, he successfully competed against the many postal systems of the German states. He was, however, unable to regain a legal monopoly. He also participated in the negotiations that led to the Treaty of Westphalia.

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Lamoral von Taxis

First Name Lamoral
Born on January 1, 1557
Died on July 7, 1624 (aged 67)

Lamoral of Taxis was an official in the Spanish Netherlands. He was the son of the general postmaster Leonard I of Taxis. In 1579 he married Genoveva von Taxis, daughter of the Augsburg postmaster Seraphin II. von Taxis. In 1606 he and his father were appointed imperial officials and on 16 January 1608 Freiherr. On 27 July 1615 he became hereditary general postmaster and on 8 June 1624 - a month before his death - an imperial count. He is also known as Lamoral I to distinguish him from his nephew Lamoral Claudius Franz von Thurn und Taxis.

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