Olivier le Daim

Olivier le Daim, Count of Meulan (* around 1428, † 1483 ), whose real name was Olivier De Neckere and was the son of the barber Jan De Neckere from Ghent, who had settled in Tielt.

1457, when Louis of France, Dauphin, made his escape from the kingdom in Tielt station, he came in a Hostellerie under next to the house of Neckeres. He learned Olivier De Neckere know and made ​​him his valet. When Louis returned to France in 1461 in order - as Louis XI. - To ascend the throne, De Neckere accompanied him.

As a reward for services rendered Louis XI was. 1474 a decree out, with whom he at the same time the family name Olivier le Daim changed in, ennobled him - he was gentleman of the royal chamber - and made Count of Meulan.

In 1476 he appointed him captain of the castle Loches, the royal prison and governor of Saint- Quentin. He succeeded in conquering the city of Tournai for the French crown.

Upon the death of the king in August 1483 his enemies did not hesitate to leave him imprisoned in the Conciergerie. He was charged with several offenses, including theft, murder and false imprisonment. He was sentenced to death and hanged on the gallows of Montfaucon.