Robert II de la Marck

Robert II de la Marck,(1468 – November 1536), Duke of Bouillon, Belgium, and Seigneur of Sedan, France.[1] Son of Robert I de la Marck and Jeanne de Saulcy.[2]

Biography

Robert would fight against the supporters of John de Horne, Bishop of Liege, along with his own minor border engagements in the latter 15th century.[2] He fought at the battle of Novara, saving the lives of his sons,[2] was seriously wounded, taking two months to recover.[3]

By 1518, Robert was allied with Charles I of Spain, but later reconciled with Francis I of France. In 1521, he would place Virton under siege, thus instigating the Four Years War.[2] During the war between Charles and Francis, Robert would be driven from his lands by Charles which were restored following the Treaty of Madrid (1526).[2]

Robert died in 1536 and was buried in the church of St. Laurence in Sedan.[4]

Family

He married Catherine de Croÿ,[5] daughter of Philip I of Croÿ-Chimay, Count of Chimay, in 1490.[4] They had:

  • Philippine, m. Renaud sieur de Brederode[1] in 1521.[6]
  • Robert III de La Marck, seigneur of Florange (d.1537)[1]
  • Philip (d.1545)[1]
  • Antoine[1]
  • William seigneur de Jametz[4]
  • John seigneur de Jametz[4]
  • Jacques chevalier de l'ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem[4]
  • Jacqueline, nun[4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Erasmus 1979, p. 257 note29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Louisa 1995, p. 97.
  3. ↑ Wolfe 2009, p. 110.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bietenholz & Deutscher 1995, p. 363.
  5. ↑ Hauser 1906, p. 130.
  6. ↑ Kodres & Mänd, p. 151.

References

  • Bietenholz, Peter G.; Deutscher, Thomas Brian, eds. (1995). Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation. University of Toronto Press.
  • Erasmus, Desiderius (1979). The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 594-841. Translated by Mynors, R. A. B.; Thomson, D.F.S. University of Toronto Press.
  • Hauser, Henri (1906). Les Sources de l'histoire de France - Seizième siècle (1494-1610) (in French). Vol. 1.
  • Kodres, Krista; Mänd, Anu, eds. (2013). Images and Objects in Ritual Practices in Medieval and Early Modern Northern and Central Europe. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
  • Louisa, Angelo (1995). "Bouillon, Robert II de la Marck, Duke de". In Dupuy, Trevor N.; Johnson, Curt; Bongard, David L. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography. Castle Books.
  • Wolfe, Michael (2009). "Pain and Memory: The War Wounds of Blaise de Monluc". In Lorcin, P.; Brewer, D. France and Its Spaces of War: Experience, Memory, Image. Springer.
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