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Robert II de la Marck (1468 – November 1536) was the Duke of Bouillon and Lord of Sedan.^[1] He was the son of Robert I de la Marck and Jeanne de Saulcy.^[2]

Biography

Robert would fight against the supporters of John de Horne, Bishop of Liege, along with his own minor border engagements in the latter 15th century.^[2] He fought at the battle of Novara, saving the lives of his sons,^[2] was seriously wounded, taking two months to recover.^[3]

In 1518, Robert left French service after his company of lances was disbanded due to pillaging.^[4] He allied with Charles I of Spain, but later reconciled with Francis I of France. In 1521, he would place Virton under siege, thus instigating the Four Years War.^[2] During the war between Charles and Francis, Robert would be driven from his lands by Charles, which were restored following the Treaty of Madrid (1526).^[2]

Robert died in 1536 and was buried in the church of St. Laurence in Sedan.^[5]

Family

Robert married Catherine de Croÿ,^[6] daughter of Philip I of Croÿ-Chimay, Count of Chimay, in 1490.^[5] They had:

Philippine, m. Renaud sieur de Brederode^[1] in 1521.^[7]
Robert III de La Marck, seigneur of Florange (d.1537)^[1]
Philip (d.1545)^[1]
Antoine^[8]
William seigneur de Jametz^[5]
John seigneur de Jametz^[5]
Jacques chevalier de l'ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem^[5]
Jacqueline, nun^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Erasmus 1979, p. 257.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Louisa 1995, p. 97.
^ Wolfe 2009, p. 110.
^ Potter 2008, p. 31.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Bietenholz & Deutscher 1995, p. 363.
^ Hauser 1906, p. 130.
^ Kodres & Mänd 2013, p. 151.
^ Erasmus 1979, p. 257 note29.

Sources

Bietenholz, Peter G.; Deutscher, Thomas Brian, eds. (1995). Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation. University of Toronto Press.
Erasmus, Desiderius (1979). The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 594-841. Translated by Mynors, R. A. B.; Thomson, D.F.S. University of Toronto Press.
Hauser, Henri (1906). Les Sources de l'histoire de France - Seizième siècle (1494-1610) (in French). Vol. 1.
Kodres, Krista; Mänd, Anu, eds. (2013). Images and Objects in Ritual Practices in Medieval and Early Modern Northern and Central Europe. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Louisa, Angelo (1995). "Bouillon, Robert II de la Marck, Duke de". In Dupuy, Trevor N.; Johnson, Curt; Bongard, David L. (eds.). The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography. Castle Books.
Potter, David (2008). Renaissance France at War: Armies, Culture and Society, C.1480-1560. The Boydell Press.
Wolfe, Michael (2009). "Pain and Memory: The War Wounds of Blaise de Monluc". In Lorcin, P.; Brewer, D. (eds.). France and Its Spaces of War: Experience, Memory, Image. Springer.