Louis of Praet

Louis of Flanders, Lord of Praet ( Lodewijk van Praet, * October 25, 1488, † December 20, 1556 ) was a nobleman from the seventeen provinces and an important diplomat and statesman under the Emperor Charles V.

Ludwig came from a paternal illegitimate son of Louis II, Count of Flanders, (see House Dampierre ), mother of an illegitimate daughter of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. He was a student of the Brothers of the Common Life and Student in Leuven.

1515-1522 was Louis ' hoog - Baljuw ' (wholesale Bailli ) of Ghent, 1523-1549 the same in Bruges. 1522 to 1525 he served the emperor as ambassador to England, until he got into a serious conflict with Thomas Wolsey and had to leave the country. 1525 to 1526 he was an imperial ambassador to France. 1531 Ludwig was elected Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. 1544 to 1546 he was governor of Holland and Zeeland.

In England, Ludwig met with the Spanish humanist Juan Luis Vives, 1523 his book De Consultatione dedicated to him. Also in 1526 resulting in Bruges Book De subventione pauperum is dedicated to him.

1555, he was buried in a magnificent mausoleum in Aalter.

1516, he married Jossine of Praet, † December 5, 1546, daughter and heiress of Charles de Praet, Lord of Moerkerke, and Catherine de Halewyn. With her he had a son, John II, the 1545 (and before his father) erbenlos died.