Jan II Berthout van Berlaer
Jan II Berthout van Berlaer (1280–1328) was a Brabantine nobleman of a wealthy Mechelen family and lord of Helmond from 1314 until his death. On 13 July 1314 he received Helmond in fief from the fourteen-year-old Duke John III of Brabant.
He also held Berlaar, near Lier. His son by Elisabeth van den Berghe, Lodewijk III, succeeded him when he died in 1328, and he was buried at Binderen Abbey.