Joss de lalen

Son of Simon VIII de Lalen and Jeanne de Le Havre.

Senor de Montigny, Sant, Brackle, Salarding.

Head of the younger line of the house de Lalen . In 1481, he acquired Senor Lallen from his cousin Jean de Lalen, who was mired in debt. The act, dated September 24, is stored in the archive of the house of d' Arenberg .

In 1478, at the chapter in Bruges, he was knighted by the Order of the Golden Fleece .

He was an adviser and chamberlain to the Duke of Burgundy , an admiral, a great beater, in 1474 he became supreme bali and commissar for updating the laws of Flanders, was captain Slays , captain of Peronn and a company of one hundred copies, the courtier Maria of Burgundy , the first chamberlain and educator of her son Archduke Philip .

According to the epitaph, Joss de Lalen excelled in jostres and tournaments, many great travels by land and sea. He distinguished himself during the siege of Noyce , commanded the left wing and the gendarmerie at the Battle of Nancy ^[1] , where he was wounded and captured several times, and two years later he fought at Ginegate . In 1480 he was appointed by Maximilian of Habsburg to the post of Stathowder of Holland, Zeeland and Friesland, where he was engaged in the suppression of uprisings. He defeated the rebels in several battles, took a number of cities and captured one island. Subordinated Utrecht , stormed the Horn in West Friesland .

During the siege of Utrecht by Maximilian of Austria, Lalen was next to the lord Egmont on his pacifier. Preoccupied with mounting bombardments on the carriage, he was identified by the rebels by his bright red mantle, and was badly wounded with two shots from an arquebus. One of his relatives, Arthus de Lalen, transported the wounded to the Archduke. Joss de Lalen died the next day and was buried in a church in Danes , next to his father.

Contemporaries believed that Joss de Lalen inherited not only the possession of his father, but also his heroic prowess in tournaments and in the war, and according to Jean Moline for over a hundred years he was not equal among the knights of de Lalen's house. The author of the article in the Belgian National Biography even believes that he could compete with the "good knight" Jacques de Lalen himself .

Wife: Bonn de La Vieville (d. 2.03.1503), Dame de Sen, Berl, Orvius and Morepa in the county of Artois, daughter and heiress of Louis de La Vieville, Senora de Sen, and Jeanne de Ken

Children:

• Count Charles I de Lalen (c. 1466-18.07.1525). Wife: Jacqueline de Luxembourg, daughter of Jacques I de Luxembourg , Senor de Fienna, and Maria de Burlemont
• Antoine I de Lalen (c. 1480–2.04.1540), Count van Hoogstraten. Wife (1509): Elizabeth van Culemborg (1475-1555), Lady Van Hoogstraten, daughter of Jasper II van Culemborg and Jeanne of Burgundy
• Antoinette de Lalen . Husband: Philippe de Abar
• Margarita de Lalen . Husband 1) (c. 1490): Philippe Le Jon (d. 1501), Senor de Conte and Foret, Governor of Arras; 2) (c. 1505): Louis de Longval, Viscount de Verneuil

Bastard:

• Antoine de Lalen , Bastard de Montigny (d. 11/26/1501), stable

• Brassart. Histoire et généalogie des comtes de Lalaing. 2e éd. - Douai: Adam d'Aubers, 1854. , pp. 32–34 [1]
• Néve J. Lalaing (Josse de) // Biographie nationale de Belgique. T. XI. - Bruxelles: Bruylant-Christophe & Cie, 1890. , coll. 112-113
• Francquen Ch. J. de. Lalaing, pp. 9–10 / Recueil historique, généalogique, chronologique et nobiliaire des maisons et familles illustres et nobles du royaume. TI - Bruxelles: Imprimerie de Demanet, 1826 [2]
• Nobiliaire des Pays-Bas et du comté de Bourgogne. - T. II. - Gand: F. et T. Gyselinck, 1865, p. 1163

• Armorial des Chevaliers de la Toison d'Or - heraldique-europeenne.org
• CHEVALIERS DE LA TOISON D'OR - MAISON DE HABSBOURG (HOUSE OF HABSBURG)