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ped jean together with two of his sons were killed in the battle of agincourt on 25 october 1415 antoine i le grand as represented on a miniature ca 1390 antoine i le grand jean i s eldest surviving son and heir was a key figure in 15th century french politics securing for himself the post of governor general of the netherlands and luxembourg he presided over the pro french party at the court of philip the good and was one of the judges at the trial for treason in 1458 of duke of alençon like his father he led french and burgundian armies against liège and distinguished himself at the battle of brouwershaven fighting against the english while on a mission to the court of the duke of berry he was implicated in the assassination of louis de valois duke of orléans and as a consequence suffered torture in the château de blois arms of philippe i de croÿ detail of rogier s diptych ca 1460 having extricated himself from this predicament antoine used his power to expand his family s possessions in 1429 he obtained the lordship of le rœulx three years later he married a princess of lorraine who brought aarschot to his family as her dowry in 1446 he purchased the château de montcornet and completely rebuilt it in 1438 he acquired the castle of porcien and was made count of porcéan and guînes by charles vii in 1455 a year earlier he had married his daughter to count palatine louis i of pfalz zweibrücken in order to increase his influence in the orbit of the holy roman empire with charles the bold the future duke of burgundy he was at loggerheads especially after they clashed over the inheritance of jeanne d harcourt countess of namur upon charles s accession antoine was accused of plotting with astrologers to bring about the duke s downfall and was compelled to flee to france in france he took part in the coronation of louis xi and was chosen as a godfather to the future louis xii it was not until the age of 83 that he reconciled himself with charles and was allowed to reclaim his properties in burgundy he died either in 1475 or 1477 and was interred in porcien agnes de croÿ was his sister and the mistress of duke john the fearless by whom she had a natural son the future bishop of cambrai and archbishop of trier several noble families of belgium and the netherlands descend from this prelate s eleven illegitimate children the lines of croÿ arschot havré and croÿ rœulx stem from antoine s two sons philippe i and jean iii while his younger brother jean ii was the progenitor of the only extant line of the family that of croÿ solre all three lines engaged in a complex pattern of intermarriage so that estates and titles would stay within the family as long as possible the line of croÿ aerschot edit portrait of philippe i de croÿ by rogier van der weyden guillaume ii de croÿ 1458 1521 duke of sora and archi godfather and tutor of the emperor charles v prime minister of burgundy antoine was succeeded as count of porcéan by his eldest son philippe i de croÿ governor of luxembourg and ligny philippe i de croÿ was raised together with charles the bold who arranged philippe s marriage to jacqueline of luxembourg in 1455 the bride s father was extremely against the alliance and attempted to win his daughter back by force but the count of porcéan closed the borders of luxembourg and announced that the marriage had been consummated in 1471 philippe defected to the king of france with 600 knights but returned to burgundy to fight for charles during the battle of nancy during the battle he was taken prisoner following charles s death philippe de croÿ helped arrange the betrothal of his heiress marie with emperor maximilian i toward the end of his life he was employed by the emperor as governor of valenciennes lieutenant general of liège and captain general of hainaut philippe commissioned a remarkable church in château porcien in which he was buried upon his death in 1511 among philippe s sons antoine bishop of thérouanne predeceased his father and lies buried in cyprus more notable was guillaume de croÿ 1458 1521 guillermo de chièvres chievres or xebres in spanish documents as a tutor to carlos i of spain afterwards emperor charles v guillaume became the power behind the spanish throne during his pupil s minority obtaining for himself the titles of marquis of aarschot and duke of soria and archi the spanish aristocracy detested him as a foreigner accusing him of pillaging the treasury and other irregularities causing a wave of civil unrest to spread through castile guillaume attended the diet of worms where he was poisoned on 28 may 1521 apparently by german nobles afraid of his influence on imperial politics guillaume s nephew and namesake guillaume iii de croÿ 1497 1521 was tutored by the spanish humanist juan luís vives as it appeared unlikely he would succeed to the lands of his grandfather philippe i he was steered toward the church family interests ensured his rapid promotion he was elected bishop of cambrai at the age of eighteen and made a cardinal a few months later within a year charles v bestowed upon his young friend the archbishopric of toledo making him the primate of spain this unprecedented move brought spain to the brink of a civil war guillaume accompanied his uncle and charles to worms where on 6 january he died at the age of 23 following a fall from his horse his tomb is in the celestine monastery of louvain founded by his father guillaume iii s elder brother philippe ii de croÿ 1496 1549 succeeded to the county of porcéan upon his father s death in 1514 like his predecessors he was governor of hainault and senior knight of the order of the golden fleece but it is as charles v s general that he is best remembered in 1533 charles v created philippe duke of soria and archi and grandee of spain earlier he had become marquis of renty and exchanged the lordship of longwy in normandy for that of havré which his descendants would develop as the family seat his first wife was a cousin anne de croÿ princess of chimay she died in 1539 and nine years later philippe married anna of lorraine leaving offspring by both marriages philippe iii de croÿ duke of arschot philippe ii s eldest son charles i de croÿ 1522 51 inherited the principality of chimay from his mother and succeeded to the duchy of aarschot upon his father s death he was assassinated in quievrain two years later leaving no children by his marriage to louise of lorraine guise thereupon chimay and aarschot passed to philippe ii s second son philippe iii philippe de croÿ duke of aerschot 1526 1595 was made 216th knight of the order of the golden fleece by philip ii of spain in 1567 his cousin antoine iii de croÿ 1st prince of porcéan died without issue by his marriage to catherine of cleves and the principality of porcéan devolved upon philippe his devotion to the roman catholic church which he expressed by showing his delight at the massacre of st bartholomew led philip ii to regard him with great favor he was appointed governor of the citadel of antwerp but defected to the other side before long jealous of william the silent s influence he was then the head of the party which induced archduke matthias afterwards emperor to undertake the sovereignty of the netherlands and soon afterwards was appointed governor general of flanders by the state council a strong party including the burghers of ghent distrusted the new governor arschot who was taken prisoner during a riot at ghent was only released on promising to resign office he then sought to regain the favor of philip of spain and having been pardoned by the king in 1580 again shared in the government of the netherlands but he refused to serve under the count of fuentes when he became governor general in 1594 and retired to venice where he died in december 1595 philippe iii was succeeded by his only son charles ii de croÿ 1560 1612 who was created duke of croÿ by henry iv of france in 1598 as charles was childless the duchy of arschot passed to his sister anne de croÿ who had married charles de ligne 2nd prince of arenberg thus bringing aarschot to the house of arenberg another sister marguerite inherited the lordships of halewyn and comines which passed to her husband wratislaw count of fürstenberg the line of croÿ havré edit first line edit château d havré a family seat of the line of croÿ havré charles philippe de croÿ 1549 1613 was the eldest son of philippe ii by his second wife anne of lorraine a successful imperial general he was created prince of the holy roman empire in 1594 it was the first time when a simple baron was admitted among princes of the empire charles alexandre de croÿ marquis d havré 1581 1624 was the son of the preceding he inherited the title of prince of croÿ from his father that of count of fontenoy from his mother diane de dompmartin and that of duke of croÿ in the french peerage from his childless cousin and brother in law charles ii he served as a hereditary marshal of the holy empire in the battle of white mountain and advised archduke albert of austria governor of netherlands in the capacity of his chamberlain philip iii of spain made him the superintendent of finances and a grandee of spain his second wife countess genevieve d urfe was a great beauty notorious for her many liaisons when charles alexandre was shot dead in his palace at brussels on november 5 1624 french courtiers put the blame upon genevieve and her reputed lover the marquis of spinola one innocent man was condemned on that account and was immured in a fortress until a true culprit admitted his guilt to a confessor 32 years later charles alexandre s reminiscences were not published until 1845 charles alexandre s nephew ernst bogislaw von croÿ 1620 1684 inherited both princely and ducal titles of croÿ when he was just four years old as his father died a month after his birth ernst bogislaw was brought up by his mother anne de croy also known as anna of pomerania in her native land where he was styled prince of massow and of neugarten 3 although he was destined for the church and received the see of cammin in due time ernst bogislaw also had illegitimate children by several mistresses he died in königsberg at the age of 63 and was buried in stolp castle second line edit marie claire de croÿ 1605 1664 was charles alexandre s only daughter by marriage to princess yolande de ligne she married two of her distant cousins charles philippe de croÿ marquis of renty in 1627 and then his brother philippe francois de croÿ count of solre in 1643 in order to preclude the family estates from passing to another family at the time of her first marriage philip iii of spain raised her marqusate of havré to a dukedom with her as the first duchess by her first marriage she had two children philippe eugene de croÿ bishop of valencia and marie ferdinande marquise of renty the wife of louis philippe count of egmond her only son by the second marriage ferdinand de croÿ solre succeeded to the ducal title among his children charles 4th duke of havré was killed at saragossa in 1710 marie therese left children by her marriage to landgrave philip of hesse darmstadt and jean baptiste de croÿ the 5th duke left children by his marriage to marie anne lante montefeltro della rovere daughter of antonio lante montefeltro della rovere this line came to an end in 1839 when the 7th duke of havré and croÿ died in paris aged ninety five having outlived all of his sons his daughter and heiress married a distant cousin emmanuel de croÿ solre who succeeded to the estates and titles the 7th duke s sister louise elisabeth de croÿ havré 1749 1832 is best known for her book of memoirs on the french revolution and the years of emigration that followed a close friend of queen marie antoinette she was appointed by her to the vacant post of royal governess for the future louis xvii during the revolution she was incarcerated with her own daughter and doomed to the guillotine when a mysterious gentleman smuggled them out of the prison after one of her pupils ascended the throne as charles x he made her an hereditary duchess louise elisabeth de croÿ 1st duchess of tourzel died in the château de groussay on 15 may 1832 the line of croÿ roeulx edit château du rœulx a family seat of the line of croÿ rœulx the line of counts of rœulx descends from jean iii de croÿ 1436 1505 the second son of antoine le grand and younger brother of philippe i jean iii s grandson adrien de croÿ 1st count of rœulx served as governor of flanders and artois before his death in combat in 1553 his granddaughter is remembered as la belle franchine the beautiful mistress of alessandro farnese in 1609 the senior line of the counts of rœulx became extinct and the county passed to a cadet branch represented by eustache de croÿ 1608 73 governor of lille and douai eustache s son ferdinand gaston lamoral de croÿ unexpectedly succeeded to the duchy of croÿ in 1684 when the most senior member of the house ernst bogislaw von croÿ had died in königsberg after ferdinand s grandson 6th duke of croÿ died childless at le rœulx in 1767 the line of croÿ rœulx expired and the château du rœulx together with the ducal title passed to the line of croÿ solre see below 19th century drawing of de croÿ s mummy at st nicholas church tallinn probably the most illustrious member of the croÿ rœulx branch was eustache s nephew charles eugène de croÿ 1651 1702 he participated in the battle of lund 1676 against the swedes before succeeding to his father s title as prince of croÿ millendonck in 1681 charles eugene fought with success in the imperial austrian army against the turks and participated in both the liberation of vienna in 1683 and the attack on belgrade in 1690 he was promoted imperial field marshal for his vital services to the austrian crown in 1697 he entered the russian service and was put in charge of peter i s forces fighting in livonia during the initial stages of the great northern war after suffering a humiliating defeat in the battle of narva on 20 november 1700 charles eugene was taken prisoner by the swedes and died at their fortress of reval on 30 january 1702 on demand of his creditors his body was not buried for more than a century 190 years until 1897 and when mummified was exhibited in a glass coffin as a curiosity with fees paid by tourists as a price of admission used to settle his debts the line of croÿ solre edit origins edit jean ii croÿ as knight in the order off the golden fleece 1473 chimay castle in belgium croÿ castle in the netherlands the only line of the house of croÿ existing today that of croÿ solre descends from antoine le grand s younger brother jean ii de croÿ 1395 1473 who governed hainaut and namur in the name of the dukes of burgundy his dominions were centred on the town of chimay of which he became the first count in 1430 he was made one of the first knights of the order of the golden fleece jean ii s grandson count charles de croÿ chimay 1455 1527 made a name for 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