Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I marenatia ia ki a Sybilla Crelin i te tau 1584, ā, e ono āna tama, kotahi āna tamahine. Ko a raatau tama a Alexander (1587-1661), Vincent (1595<unk>1675) me Niclaes (1598<unk>1658) i noho hei kaitoi koiora, he kaitoi pakanga me te kaitoi whakaahua. I mua i te hinganga o Antwerp
, Ko Emmanuel pea he Calvinist na te mea i iriiria tana tama tuatahi ki roto i te Katorika i muri i te hinga o Antwerp. I rēhita ia hei Katorika i roto i nga "tuhipoka puranga" o te kaitiaki taone o Antwerp i muri i te hinga o Antwerp. Tērā pea i tiakina ia e tana taonga me ōna hononga pai ki ngā rōpū rangatira o te hapori o Antwerp. I muri mai, ka tohua a Emmanuel hei rangatira mo nga kaitiaki o te iwi, he mahi e whakarato ana i te moni whiwhi auau. I te tau 1595 i uru ia ki te whakaoranga o te taone tata o Lier, i nohoia e nga hoia o te Republic Republic.