Charles II. De Lalaing

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Charles de Lalaing and Marguerite de Croÿ, detail from a window in the church of Hoogstraten , 1535.

Charles II. De Lalaing (* around 1506; † November 22, 1558 in Brussels ) was Count von Lalaing, a Hainaut statesman and general of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. From 1520 to 1527 he was Bishop of Coria .

Life

His parents were Jacqueline de Luxembourg and Charles I. de Lalaing (1466-1525), Baron von Escornaix, Lord of Montigny , Santes Bracle, first Count of Lalaing. His siblings were Jacques (1500–1521), Marguerite (1508–1592) and Philip (1510–1555).

He carried the title of Baron d'Escornaix.

He was made Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Tournai on 1531 .

He was Count of Hoogstraten and Conseiller d'État . After some regional governments (governor of Utrecht, governor of Luxembourg), he was from 1537 to 1549 Grand-bailli , governor and capitaine général of the county of Hainaut .

On July 6, 1553, the day Edward VI. died, Charles V sent him along with Simon Renard and Jehan de Montmorency to sign a marriage contract. After Philip II of Spain married Maria I of England on July 25, 1554 , Renard remained as a resident ambassador .

family

He married Marguerite de Croÿ , Dame de Wavrin on August 30, 1520 . (1508-1549). They had a total of twelve children, only one of whom reached adulthood:

  • Philippe (1537–1582)

Around 1550 he married Marie van Horn-Montmorency († 1570). Your children were:

  • Philippine-Christine (1551–1582)
  • Emmanuel-Philibert de Lalaing (1557-1590)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tercios.org
  2. ↑ Peter Happé, Wim NM Hüsken, Interludes and early modern society: studies in gender, power and theatricality p. 337
predecessor Office successor
Jean Scheyfve Spanish Ambassador to the United Kingdom
1553 		Simon Renard
personal data
SURNAME Lalaing, Charles II. De
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lalaing, Charles II of
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish ambassador in London
DATE OF BIRTH around 1506
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1558
Place of death Brussels