Louis of Praet
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Louis de Flandres, Lord of Praet (also known as Louis of Praet), (1488 - October 7, 1555) was a nobleman from the Low Countries and an important diplomat and statesman under the Emperor Charles V.
Louis was descended through his father from a bastard son of Louis of Male, count of Flanders, and through his mother from a bastard daughter of Philip the Good.
Louis served the Emperor between 1522 and 1525 as ambassador in England, where he in the end got into severe conflict with Thomas Wolsey and had to leave the country. Between 1525 and 1526 he also served as ambassador in France.
Louis was elected knight of the Golden Fleece in 1531 and served as Stadtholder in Holland and Zeeland between 1544 and 1546.
[edit] References
- Hans Cools, Mannen met Macht (Walburg Pers, Zutphen, 2001)
- Martin Lunitz, Diplomatie und Diplomaten im 16. Jahrhundert (Hartung-Gorre Verlag, Konstanz, 1988)
| Preceded by: René of Châlon |
Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht 1544–1546 |
Succeeded by: Maximilian II of Burgundy, Marquess of Veere |
| Stadtholders of Holland, Zeeland and (since 1528) Utrecht |
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| Hugo van Lannoy |
Willem van Lalaing | Gozewijn de Wilde | Jan van Lannoy | Lewis de Bruges | Wolfert VI van Borselen | Joost van Lalaing | Jan III van Egmond | Henry III of Nassau-Breda | Antoon van Lalaing | René of Châlon | Louis of Flanders | Maximilian II of Burgundy | William of Orange | Maximilian of Hennin | Philip of Noircarmes | William of Orange | Adolf van Nieuwenaar (Utrecht only) | Maurice of Nassau | Frederick Henry of Orange | William II of Orange | interregnum | William III of Orange | interregnum | William IV of Orange | William V of Orange |
