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Lannoy (noble family)

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Country
  
Belgium

Founded
  
13th century

Ethnicity
  
Belgian, French

Titles
  
count

Founder
  
Gillion de l'Annoit

Lannoy (noble family)

De Lannoy is the name of a noble family that takes its name from the French town of Lannoy, Nord. The name comes from l'Annoy (or l'Annoit, from Latin alnetum) which means «the alderwood» in Picard French of Flanders.

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History

The oldest known ancestor is one Gillion de l'Annoit who lived in the 13th century. Many of his descendants were members of the Order of the Golden Fleece. They played a prominent role in Flanders during the Middle Ages.

Notable members

  • Hugues de Lannoy (1384–1456), Flemish traveler and diplomat
  • Guillebert de Lannoy (1386–1462), Flemish traveler and diplomat
  • Baudouin de Lannoy (1388–1474), Flemish diplomat
  • Jean de Lannoy (1410–1493), Flemish diplomat
  • Charles de Lannoy (1487–1527), soldier and statesman in service of the Habsburg Emperors Maximilian I and Charles V of Spain
  • Philip de Lannoy, Prince of Sulmona (fl. 1544), Italian military leader in Spanish service.
  • Anne Marguerite, countess of Lannoy, daughter-in-law of Ferdinand de Boisschot.
  • Philippe de Lannoy (born 1922)
  • Stephanie de Lannoy (born 1984), Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg

    • Literature

  • Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag, Marburg, Schwennicke, Detlev (Ed.). Volume VIII, Table 9

    • References

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