Jacques de Luxembourg, Seigneur de Richebourg

Jacques de Luxembourg, Seigneur de Richebourg (1426 – Nantes, 20 August 1487) was a noble who served Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and later King Louis XI of France.

Early life

Jacques was the son of Peter I, Count of Saint-Pol and Margaret of Baux.[1]

Career

He fought beside Arthur de Richemont, Constable of France, at Formigny.[1] He was knighted after the Battle of Gavere on 23 July 1453. In the following years, he served Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy as an army commander. In 1468 he was awarded the Order of the Golden Fleece.[1] Supporting the Burgundians, Jacques was wounded and captured by the French near Arras.[1] While convalescing in Paris, he agreed to serve Louis XI and was made chamberlain.[1] He received the French Order of Saint Michael.[1]

Personal life

He married firstly Jeanne, Countess of Sarrewerden and Moers. After her death, he married Isabelle de Roubaix (1415–1498), a daughter of Pierre de Roubaix. Together, they had two sons, who died young, and three daughters, including:[2]

  • François de Luxembourg (b. 1472), who died young.
  • Charles de Luxembourg, who died young.
  • Isabelle de Luxembourg, who married Jean III de Melun, Baron of Antoing and Constable of Normandy.[2]
  • Yolande de Luxembourg (d. 1534), who married Nicolas, Lord of Werchin.
  • Louise de Luxembourg (d. 1518), who married Jan van Gistel, Heer van Dudzeele, and Antoine de Cröy, Lord of Tours-sur-Marne.

Jacques died in 1487 and was buried at the Cistercian abbey at Cercamp.[1] He was succeeded by his daughter Isabelle.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Sinclair 1988, p. 105.
  2. ^ a b c Sinclair, Keith V. (1988). "Un Livre de Devotion de Jacques de Luxembourg et L'œuvre Didactique de Jean Gerson". Romania (in French). 109 (433 (1)). Librairie Droz: 104-115. doi:10.3406/roma.1988.1865.

Further reading

  • Raphael de Smedt (Hrsg.): Les chevaliers de l’ordre de la Toison d’or au XVe siècle: notices bio-bibliographiques. Frankfurt 2000, ISBN 3-631-36017-7, S. 157–159 (Kieler Werkstücke. D 3).
  • Jacques Paviot, Jacques de Luxembourg. Politic et culture chez un grand seigneur du XVe siècle, in: D. Boutet u. J. Verger (Hrsg.), Penser le pouvoir au Moyen Age (VIIIe–XVe siècle). Études offertes à Françoise Autrand, Paris 2000, S. 327-341.
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