Felipe-Emmanuel de Bette

Felipe Bette y de Croy (French: Félipe-Emmanuel de Bette; 24 January 1677 – 4 January 1742), known as the Knight of Lede, was a soldier and noble from the Spanish Netherlands.[1][2]

Felipe was born in Valenciennes (now in Nord, France). He was the son of Agustín Ambrosio de Bette y Hornes, 2nd Marquess of Lede and Dorothea of Croÿ (Dorotea Brígida de Croÿ-Solre). His grandfather, Guillaume de Bette, was made a marquess by King Felipe V. His older brother Juan Francisco de Bette y Croy became the 3rd Marquess of Lede after their father's death in 1679.[1]

Felipe was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Army of King Felipe V, and fought in the Battle of Melazzo, in Sicily, where Spain defeated the Holy Roman Empire.[3] He was knighted as a Commander of the Order of Santiago.[1]

He retired at age 50 and lived for 15 more years before his death in Barcelona.[2] It is unknown if he married.

His portrait, by an unknown painter, is kept in the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi in Barcelona.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Vicent, Vicente de Cadenas y (1977). Caballeros de la Orden de Santiago, siglo XVIII (in Spanish). Ediciones Hidalguia. p. 188. ISBN 9788400037208. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Retrato de Felipe-Emmanuel de Bette" (in Spanish). RACBA.
  3. ^ Nobiliaire des Pays-Bas, et du comté de Bourgogne...Depuis le ..., Volume 3


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