Spouse(s) Jacoba of Luxembourg Name Charles de Noble family House of Lalaing Parents Joost de Lalaing | Grandparents Simon de Lalaing Mother Bonne de La Viefville | |
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Children Charles II de Lalaing, Philip de Lalaing Grandchildren George de Lalaing, Antoine II de Lalaing, Philip de Lalaing People also search for Charles II de Lalaing, Joost de Lalaing | ||
Charles de Lalaing, baron and later 1st count of Lalaing, lord of Escornaix (1466 – Oudenaarde, July 18, 1525).
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Life
Charles was born as the eldest son of Joost de Lalaing, from a family of landowners from Hainaut. He was married to Jacoba of Luxembourg, daughter of Jacob of Luxembourg and Maria of Berlaymont. Their children were:
Political career
Charles was chamberlain to successively Maximilian of Austria, Philip the Fair and Charles V.
On 17 November 1505 he was made a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (17th chapter, Middelburg).
From 1504 on he was governor of Oudenaarde. When Charles V spent six weeks at Charles of Lalaing's estates during the Siege of Tournai in 1521, he met Charles' servant Johanna van der Gheynst. As a consequence of the brief affair that ensued, the future regent Margaret of Parma was born.