Maximiliaan of Egmont (1509–1548) was Count of Buren and Leerdam, and Stadtholder of Friesland (succeeding George Schenck) from 1540 until 1548.

[1] He was the son of Floris van Egmont whom he succeeded as count after his father's death in 1539.

[3] He studied Ancient Greek at the Catholic University of Leuven in 1516 and was a friend of the 16th century intellectual Erasmus.

In 1537, he was in the service of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and was made a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece for distinguishing himself as military commander of the Dutch army against France.

On his death bed he wore full armor and drank to the health of the Holy Roman Emperor.