Philippe II de Croÿ

Philippe II de Croy (* 1496, † April 1549 in Brussels) out of the house Croy was the first duke of Aarschot. He was the eldest son of Henri de Croy, Count of Porcéan and Charlotte de Châteaubriant, one of the generals of the Emperor Charles V and from 1537 his major - Bailiff and governor of Hainault.

In 1514 he inherited when his father died, the county Porcéan, 1516, he was appointed Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. 1521, he inherited from his uncle Guillaume II de Croy whose titles, including that of the Duca di Sora ed Archi in the Kingdom of Naples and a archducal Comte de Beaumont. In April 1532, he was named Charles V, the Spanish- Dutch Marquis de Renty and on April 1, 1534 in Genoa, the Spanish- Dutch Duc d' Arschot and grandees of Spain 1st Class, but refused him so that the rank of imperial princes.

This earned his cousin and first wife Anne de Croy ( born February 22, 1502 † August 6, 1539 ), whom he had married on 30 August 1520 in 1527 as heir of her father Charles de Croy, who was appointed in 1486 to the Imperial Prince of Chimay had been. The sons from this marriage were now able to merge the title and secure the oldest line of the house Croÿ so the status of an imperial prince. Anne de Croy died two years later, and Philippe waited nine years to 9 August 1548 until he and Anna of Lorraine ( born July 25, 1522 † May 15, 1568 ), a daughter of the Duke Anton II of Lorraine and widow of Prince René of Orange, a second marriage entered. However, he did not live long enough to witness the birth of the son of this marriage.

Philippe II de Croy and his two wives were in Heverlee (now a part of lions, here is the family Schloss Arenberg ) buried.

His children from the first marriage are:

  • Charles II (* 1522, † 1551 ), 1539 3rd Prince of Chimay, 1549 2nd Duke of Aarschot, 3rd Comte de Beaumont
  • Louise (* 1524, † after 1585 ) ∞ Maximilian I of Burgundy, first Marquis de Vere et de Vlissingen, † 1558; ∞ Johann II of Burgundy, † before 1586, Lord of Sommelsdijk (both from the House of Burgundy )
  • Philippe III. (* 1526, † 1595 ), 1551 3rd Duke of Aarschot, 4th Prince of Chimay, 4th Comte de Beaumont
  • Guillaume III. (* 1527, † 1565), 1549 2nd Marquis de Renty
  • Antoine ( * † 1530)
  • Louis ( * † 1533)

The son of the second marriage is:

  • Philippe Charles (* 1549, † 1613 ), 1574 Marquis d' Havré 1594 Imperial Prince
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