Robert II de la Marck (1468 – November 1536) was the Duke of Bouillon and Lord of Sedan.[1] He was the son of Robert I de la Marck and Jeanne de Saulcy.[2]
Biography
editRobert 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]
In 1518, Robert left French service after his company of lances was disbanded due to pillaging.[4] He 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.[5]
Family
editRobert married Catherine de Croÿ,[6] daughter of Philip I of Croÿ-Chimay, Count of Chimay, in 1490.[5] They had:
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Erasmus 1979, p. 257.
- ^ a b c d e Louisa 1995, p. 97.
- ^ Wolfe 2009, p. 110.
- ^ Potter 2008, p. 31.
- ^ a b c d e f Bietenholz & Deutscher 1995, p. 363.
- ^ Hauser 1906, p. 130.
- ^ Kodres & Mänd 2013, p. 151.
- ^ Erasmus 1979, p. 257 note29.
Sources
edit- 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. (eds.). The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography. Castle Books.
- Potter, David (2008). Renaissance France at War: Armies, Culture and Society, C.1480-1560. The Boydell Press.
- Wolfe, Michael (2009). "Pain and Memory: The War Wounds of Blaise de Monluc". In Lorcin, P.; Brewer, D. (eds.). France and Its Spaces of War: Experience, Memory, Image. Springer.