Spouse(s) Jacoba of Luxembourg Name Charles de Noble family House of Lalaing Parents Joost de Lalaing | Father Joost de Lalaing Grandparents Simon de Lalaing Mother Bonne de La Viefville | |
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Died July 18, 1525, Oudenaarde, Belgium 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.