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William II de Croÿ, Lord of Chièvres (also known as:
Guillaume II de Croÿ, sieur de Chièvres in
French;
Guillermo II de Croÿ, señor de Chièvres,
Xevres or
Xebres in
Spanish;
Willem II van Croÿ, heer van Chièvres in
Dutch), later
Duke of Sora and Arce,
Baron of Roccaguglielma (all three in
Kingdom of Naples, now in Frosinone province), 1st
count of
Beaumont, 1st
Marquess of
Aerschot, Lord of
Temse;(Born
1458 –
January 11,
1521, in
Worms) was the chief tutor and First Chamberlain to
Charles V.
William was the second son of
Philippe de Croÿ, Lord of Aerschot and
Jacoba of Luxembourg. William married Maria-Magdalena of Hamal, widow of
Adolf van der Marck.
William bought the lordships of Beaumont and Chièvres from his father in
1485. In
1489 he was one of those lords who tried to reason with
Philip of Cleves during his rebellion against
Maximilian of Austria. William was also elected a
Knight of the Golden Fleece in
1491. He became part of the court of
Philip the Handsome in
1494, but didn't accompany Philip on his first voyage to
Spain in
1501-
1503. After Philip's death in
1506, William became part of the regency council and held chief responsibility for the finances of the
Low Countries, as well as being supreme commander. He was confirmed in his tasks by Emperor Maximilian in
1510.
In
1509 he also became chief tutor of the infant
Archduke Charles as replacement of
Charles de Croÿ, prince of Chimay. Charles V made him part of his first council in
1515 and rewarded him with Sora, Arce and Rocca Guglielma in
1516. For his merits Charles also raised Beaumont to a
county and Aerschot (which William inherited from his father in
1511) to a
margraviate between
1517 and
1519. Other functions William acquired were:
William insisted that Charles became candidate for the Imperial election in 1519 and was present at the
Diet of Worms in 1521, where he was opposed to the violent persecution of
Martin Luther and his
followers. However, Charles finally broke with his advisor's influence when he went to war against
France, something which William had tried to prevent.
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