Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko ia te tama a Reinoud II van Brederode rāua ko Yolanda de Lalaing. I te toru o ona tau ka whakaingoatia ia e tona papa hei Kaiwhakahaere o Hagestein. Ka rite ki tona papa Reinoud II me tona matua keke Gijsbrecht van Brederode, i hopukina ia e Pihopa David o Burgundy i te 1470, engari i kaha ia ki te mawhiti me etahi awhina ka rere ki Castle Batenstein. I te 16 o Oketopa 1473 i whai muri ia i tona papa hei 10th Ariki o Brederode. Ko te huihuinga o Walraven i aukatihia e ona tuakana-tuakana, he tangata kore, heoi, ka waiho a Walraven hei kaiwhaiwhai tika. I te tau 1486 i whakawhiwhia ia e Maximilian o Austria, a, i noho ia ki te kaunihera a Maximilian. Whai muri i te matenga o Maximilian, ka rapu a Walraven i tētahi huarahi hei whakahoki mai i te mana o te rōpū Hook
, e arahi ai ki tētahi pakanga hou. I muri i ngā tau maha, ka tahuri a Walraven ki te rōpū hoariri, he whakatau pai tērā.