Town Hall on the Grand-Place/Grote Markt (Brussels' main square). Two years later, Philip II had Horn's still-detained brother Floris strangled in secret and spread the rumor that he had died of disease. Legacy Nowadays, a statue erected on the Square du Petit Sablon/Kleine Zavelsquare in Brussels commemorates the Counts of Egmont and Horn, in historical overview usually mentioned together as Egmond en Hoorne and hailed as the first leaders of the Dutch revolt, as the predecessors of William of Orange, who grew to importance and obtained the leadership after their execution, and who was assassinated in 1584 in Delft, having succeeded in liberating parts of The Netherlands in the early years of the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648). Van Egmont ("Egmond") and De Montmorency ("Horn" or "Hoorn"), both remained faithful Roman Catholics and are commemorated in Belgium, with its traditional Catholic majority. William of Orange, brought up as a Lutheran, was a proponent of freedom of religion. Notes References 16th-century Dutch people 1524 births 1568 deaths Admirals of the navy of the Dutch Republic Philip Dutch Roman Catholics Executed Dutch people Philip Knights of the Golden Fleece People executed by Spain by decapitation People executed for treason against Spain Nobility of the Spanish Netherlands Year of birth uncertain