Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko ia te tama a William van Brederode me te mokopuna o Dirk II van Brederode. Ko tana whaea ko Elisabeth o Cleves (e kiia ana hoki ko "Elsbee"), he tamahine na Diederik II o Cleves. I whakaingoatia a Dirk III hei rangatira o Brederode i te tau 1333 e William III, Count of Holland. I te tau 1350/51, i te wā o te
I nga pakanga o Hook me Cod, i tautoko a Dirk i te roopu o Margaret o Bavaria, engari i hopukina ia i te pakanga o Zwartewaal (i kiia hoki ko te "whawhai i runga i te Meuse"). I muri mai ka tukuna ia hei utu mo te utu moni.