earthly remains of William van der Marck are stowed away in a casket, that is bricked up in the Arenberg-family crypt under the former Capuchin Monastery Church at Enghien, today located in Belgium. In popular culture He is featured as a recurring character in the Dutch comic series Gilles de Geus by Hanco Kolk and Peter de Wit. He also appears in Cecelia Holland's historical novel "The Sea Beggars", who changed some of the details of his life. Two streets in the Geuzenwijk in Utrecht have been named after him: Lumeystraat en Van der Marckstraat. Streets in Rotterdam and The Hague have also been named after him. References Sources External links Biography (Dutch language) 1542 births 1578 deaths People from Limburg (Belgium) Dutch Calvinist and Reformed Christians Dutch people of the Eighty Years' War (United Provinces) William 16th-century pirates Dutch pirates