Charles de Croÿ
Charles de Croÿ Prince of Chimay (Dutch: Karel van Croij; 1506 – 11 December 1564) was a bishop of the See of Tournai in present-day Belgium from 1524 until 1564.
Charles de Croÿ | |
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| Bishop of Tournai | |
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| Installed | 1524 |
| Term ended | 1564 |
| Predecessor | Louis Guillard |
| Successor | Guibert D'Ongnies |
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| Born | 1506 |
| Died | 11 December 1564 (aged 57–58) |
Charles was born in 1506 as a member of the House of Croÿ. He was a nephew of William de Croÿ, Lord of Chièvres (1458–1521) and a brother of William de Croÿ, Archbishop of Toledo (1498–1521). He matriculated at the University of Louvain in 1523. Among Charles' teachers were Adrianus Barlandus, Jacobus Latomus, and Johannes Driedo.
A biography of Pierre Cotrel, vicar-general of the Diocese of Tournai from 1497 to 1545, mentions Charles,[1] as do materials describing a château he built in the village of Moorsel in 1546.[2] He was Abbot of Affligem Abbey between 1521–1564.
References
- Bietenholz, Peter G.; Thomas Brian Deutscher (1987). Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation. Vol. 1. University of Toronto Press. pp. 348–349. ISBN 0-8020-2507-2.
- "Moorsel". Heemkundige Kring De Faluintjes (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2007.
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