Bussu, Pierre de Henin-Lietar

The son of Jean IV de Henin-Lietard, the lord de Boussoux, and Catherine de Bétune.

Senior de Blazhi, Gamerazh, to you, and other things, the court knight of the Countess de Charolais.

In 1454, he was among the nobles who followed Duke Philip the Good at a banquet in Lille, an oath of a pheasant ^{[1] [2]} .

Knight, known for his courage, distinguished himself in 1465 in the War of the League of the Public Good . At the Battle of Monlery , under the command of Syrah de Ravenstein , he was one of the commanders of the center of the Burgundy Army ^[3] .

In the years 1465-1467 he participated in the war with the Liege rebels. September 8, 1467 took the city of Yui , October 28, 1467 received a through wound in the arm with a shot from a coulevard in a bloody battle at Brewham, near Saint-Throne ^[4] .

In 1466 he became chamberlain and adviser to the Duke of Burgundy. On November 17, 1466, a vacant post belonging to the deceased Bastard of Luxembourg was divided into two between Pierre de Henin and Joss de Lalen , who served in turn, six months a year ^[5] .

He commanded one of the 12 ordinance companies of one hundred copies and three hundred shooters in the service of Karl the Bold ^[6] .

He was a chamberlain and adviser to Maximilian of Habsburg ^{[6] [7]} , in whose service he commanded a company of 50 copies ^[6] , governor of Bushen (1478) ^[8] , Angien ^[9] , from 1460 to 30.09.1490 he held the post of great forest ball Hénault County ^[7] (a post until 1460 called the "Forest Ball of Hénault County", corresponded to the French Grand Master of Waters and Forests ).

During the War of the Burgundy Succession, the army of Louis XI in 1478 captured Tournais , besieged Conde and Saint-Gislen , and the surrounding castles of Bussu , Arsch, Ville, Bernissard, Montreuil, Briffey, Beleu and Istanbul, capturing everything except Saint-Gislen and Beleu . Bussiu Castle, owned by Pierre de Henin, was surrendered to the French on May 3, 1478 by a traitor named Jean Gossard, who commanded the garrison, and transferred to the service of the enemy ^{[1] [10]} .

At the end of the same month, Count de Romon and Philippe de Ravenstein headed 4 thousand. German troops went on the counterattack. The artillery made a gap in the fortress wall of Boussoux, and the French surrendered after two to three days of resistance. Their commander Earl of Saint-Marcel and the remnants of the garrison were taken prisoners to Mons . The Germans refused to return Bussia to their rightful owner, claiming that they became his masters by right of conquest, and Pierre de Henin had to pay a significant ransom for his castle ^{[1] [11]} .

Subsequently, Senor de Boussoux took revenge on the French by participating in the reconquest of the fortresses of Krevkor , Orsha , En, Leden, Onnekur, Asper and the city of Bushen ^{[1] [2]} .

In 1481, Maximilian of Habsburg was accepted into the Knights of the Order of the Golden Fleece at the chapter in Hertogenbosch .

In February 1482, after the renewal of the war with France and the entry of Maximilian’s troops into Hainaut, Pierre de Henin called the mayor and eschevens of Saint-Gislen to his castle and invited them to close the city gates, arm the townspeople and keep the unruly Hapsburg mercenaries into the city, so that avoid looting ^{[12] [9]} .

In June 1484, together with Baudouin II de Lannoy , Jacques de Romon and other knights of the Golden Fleece, participated in a conference of members of the order in Thermonde , which decided the question of the mastery of Maximilian and his regency in the Netherlands.

In 1487, during the second Franco-Habsburg war, he was captured along with Engelbert von Nassau , Karl Egmont and other lords, while trying to capture a surprise attack Bethune occupied by the enemy ^{[13] [9]} . The Abbey of Saint-Gislen contributed 200 livres for the redemption of this lord ^[13] .

Several times he held the position of Pre-Count ( prévôt-le-comte ) of the city and county of Valenciennes . Appointed in 1466, next year replaced by Antoine de Lannoy, senor de Mengoval, in 1474 reappointed by Charles the Bold, but in the same year was deposed, like all other governors in all provinces, on May 1, 1475 as a commission given during the siege of Neuss reinstated. In 1490, he refused it in favor of his son Gerard, Senor de Gamaraz, but Maximilian Habsburg filed this order and the following year appointed Jean de Lannoy, Senor de Mengoval to Valenciennes ^{[14] [15]} .

He died in 1490, “after the great military deeds” ^[16] .

Wife: Isabot de Lalen , “famous for her courage” ^[17] , daughter of Guillaume de Lalen , the great ballet of Hainaut, and Jeanne de Kreki

Children:

• Jacques de Henin-Lietard (d. 1477), seigneur de Chavensi. He died in the battle of Nancy . Wife: Louise d'Enche
• Gerard de Henin-Lietar (d. 1491). Wife: N de Luxembourg
• Philippe de Henin-Lietar (06.1464-1511), seigneur de Bussu. The Pre-Count of Valenciennes in 1493-1494, 1498-1499 and 1502—? Died during the siege of Venlo . Wife: Catherine de Lin de Barbanson, daughter of Guillaume de Lin, Senor de Barbanson, and Anna van Halevin
• Isabo de Henin-Lietar . Husband: Guillaume de Guo, Senior de Wadergrat (d. 1506), Chamberlain Maximilian of Habsburg and Philip the Beautiful
• Gabrielle de Henin-Lietar . Husband: Jean IV de Barbanson, Senior de Cani (d. After 1510)
• Guillemetta de Henin-Lietar . Husband: Philippe de Barbanson, Senior de Wilmont
• Francoise de Henin-Lietard (d. Young)

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