Egmont is a play by Goethe telling the tale of the 16th centuryFlemishCount of Egmont who is sentenced to death by the occupying Spaniards. A young woman called Klärchen tries to rescue him, but fails and commits suicide. An English version of Goethe's Egmont (translation by Anna Swanwick) can be found here: http://www.bartleby.com/19/3/
The play is probably less well known today than the Egmont overture that Ludwig van Beethoven wrote for it. He also wrote incidental music for the entire play, but only the overture is performed with any frequency today. Beethoven was late in finishing the piece, only completing his music in time for the third performance of the drama.
Egmont was and is one of Scandinavias leading media groups, founded in 1878.
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Egmont, Lamoral, count of[lA´´mOrAl´, eg´mOnt] Pronunciation Key, 1522–68, Flemish general and statesman, member of one of the noblest families of the Netherlands.
Egmont held that Philip was the rightful ruler of the Netherlands and believed he would agree to a compromise with his subjects.
Egmont and Hoorn, both knights of the Golden Fleece, vainly sought to be tried by a court of their order or even to obtain a fair trial by the judges Alba had appointed.
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