Jean de la Clite
Jean de la Clite ( Flemish : Jan van der Clyte ; † September 13, 1443 in Comines ) was lord of Comines (today Comines / Komen) in the French department of North and Comines-Warneton (Komen-Waasten) in the Belgian province of Hainaut , governor from Flanders and founding member of the Order of the Golden Fleece .
Life
Jean, who inherited his parents' property in 1404, in particular the Flemish rule of Comines, embarked on a military career. In 1409 he served with the Flemish troops in Paris, in 1415 he fought in the Battle of Azincourt , was then imprisoned in Ruisseauville and finally released for a ransom. In 1417 he was in the wake of Johann Unafurchts on his campaign against Paris.
After Johann's murder (1419) he remained in the service of his son and successor Philip the Good ; he took part in the siege of Crépy (1419/20) and the battle of Mons-en-Vimeux (1421). In 1424 he was appointed sovereign Bailli of the County of Flanders when he took part in the sieges of Zevenbergen (1426/27) and Cassel . On January 10, 1430 he became one of the founding members of the Order of the Golden Fleece (Diploma No. 9), in the same year he took part in the Battle of Compiègne , in which Joan of Arc fell into the hands of the Burgundians.
In 1435 he was charged with participating in the 1429 assassination of Jacques II de Bourbon-Préaux in Piacenza and spent the rest of his life fending off the charge. Since Philip the Good did not deprive him of his favor, he fought in 1436 in the siege of Calais and in 1440 in the suppression of an uprising of the inhabitants of Bruges .
Jean de la Clite died in 1443 and was buried in the Church of Comines. His grave was rediscovered in the ruins of the church, which was destroyed in the First World War .
family
Jean de la Clite was the son of Colard I. de la Clite and Jeanne de Waziers, Dame de Comines. Colard de la Clite already held high administrative offices at the time of Count Ludwig II of Flanders , known as Ludwig von Male († 1384), and was able to hold his position when the Burgundian Duke Philip the Bold took over the government of Flanders as Ludwig's son-in-law: it became its adviser and chamberlain.
Jean's brother Colard II. De la Clite was the father of the French diplomat and historian Philippe de Commynes († 1511).
Jean first married Jeanne de Ghistelles († October 9, 1431), daughter of Jean VI. de Ghistelles († 1417), Captain General of Flanders, and Jeanne de Châtillon († shortly after 1417). From this marriage came Jean II. De la Clite ∞ Jeanne d'Estouteville, Dame de Beaumont; whose daughter was Jeanne de la Clite († 1512), Dame de Comines, Vicomtesse de Nieuwpoort ; ∞ Jean Halluin (Halewijn), Seigneur de Halluin , Vicomte de Roulers ( Roeselare ) - their descendants are u. a. the Dukes of Aarschot from the House of Croy .
In his second marriage, Jean was married to Jeanne de Preure, widow of Jean, Seigneur de Nevele et de Fosseux , from 1433 . Jeanne survived her husband and is last mentioned in 1449.
literature
- Jean-Baptiste Maurice: Le blason des armoiries de tous les chevaliers de l'ordre de la Toison d'or depuis la première institution jusques à present (1667) , p. 10.
- Raphael de Smedt (ed.): Les chevaliers de l'ordre de la Toison d'or au XVe siècle. Notices bio-bibliographiques. (Kieler Werkstücke, D 3) 2nd, improved edition, Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt 2000, ISBN 3-631-36017-7 , pp. 17-21, no. 8.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jean de la Clite |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jean de la Clyte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French nobleman, lord of Comines |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th century or 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1443 |
| Place of death | Comines |