Charles III de Lalaing, 6° comte de Hoogstraeten

Notes
Comte de Hoogstraeten, Hornes et Rennebourg, chevalier d ela Toison d'or.
Source : L de Herckenrode, 1868.
- lord of Hachicourt, Bellencourt, Damascus, Courcelles, Fampoux, Achiet-le-Grand,
- baron of Montigny,
- count of Hooghstraeten
- lord of La Mouillerie in Anseræuil near Tournay
- governor of Artois

Hoogstraten, 1564 (anonymous painting in the townhall of Hoogstraten)
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Charles III de Lalaing dit d’abord «Baron d’Hachicourt» ° ~1569 + 03/10/1626 (Arras) (inh. à Hoogstraeten)
- baron d’Hachicourt (près Arras) puis
- 6° comte de Hoogstraeten (1613) et de Hornes,
- baron de Rennebourg, Borsselen et Leuze (succède à son neveu Antoine III),
- Bailli & Gouverneur de Tournai (1615) puis d’Artois (1624),
- chevalier de la Toison d’Or (348°, 1621),
- conseiller d’Etat d’Epée (1624),
- capitaine d’une bande d’ordonnance, colonel d’un régiment d’infanterie Wallonne,
- membre du Conseil de Guerre,
- Gentilhomme de la Chambre de l’Archiduc Albert,
- Gouverneur & Capitaine-Général de la Province d’Artois (vend en 1615 la baronnie de Borsselen à la ville de Ter-Goes ; partage le 27/10/1617 de la seigneurie de Vimy et Farbus avec François de Recourt,
- chevalier et sa femme Anne de Noyelles, Christophe,
- comte de Druibden et sa femme Lamberte de Ligne)

ép. 1607 Alexandrine de Langlée dite «de Wavrin» + 1626
- baronne héritière d’Eyne et de Pecques (fille de Jacques, chevalier, baron d’Eyne et de Pecques, conseiller & Chambellan de l’Archiduc Albert, Grand-Bailli de Gand, Beer & Souverain-Bailli de Flandres, et de Jacqueline de Recourt dite «de Licques»)

postérité

Pattou, Etienne. “Famille & Seigneurs De Lalaing.” Racines et Histoire
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CHARLES de Lalaing,
count of Hoochstrate, Hornes and Rennebourg (after his nephew Antoine), knight of the Golden Fleece in 1622, State Councillor in 1624, member of the Council of War, gentleman of the chamber of Archduke Albert, governor of Tournai in 1615, then of Artois in 1624, captain of a company of ordinance and colonel of a regiment of Walloon infantry; known at first under the title of baron of Hachicourt (near Arras), distinguished himself in the war against the Dutch and married in 1607…

…Alexandrine DE LANGLÉE, daughter of Jacques, baron of Eyne, and Jacqueline de Récourt-Licques. He died in Arras in 1626 and was buried in the church of Hoogstraeten, under a marble tomb, the work of the sculptor Pierre Scheemaeckers le vieux, of Antwerp (101).
He left several children:

1° Albert-François, who followed.

2° Pierre-Jacques Procope de Lalaing, count of Rennebourg, sergeant general of battle, governor of Brussels about 1667; born about 1615, he was considered, about 1669, as the last male of the house of Lalaing (102); he left only one daughter, of Marie DE RENESSE Warfuzée, whom he had married, in 1649, by contract passed in Brussels, daughter of Rene, count of Warfuzée, and of Alberto d' Egmont. He died in 1698.

An engraved plate of the work entitled Jurisprudentia heroica (Brussels, 1668, in-f°) gives the sixteen quarters of the count of Rennebourg, who carried then the full arms of his house.

A. Marie-Jacqueline de Lalaing, "who was very beautiful and of little spirit" (103), married in 1674 to her first cousin Philippe-François DE BERGHES, count of Grimberghe, created prince of Berghes in 1686, knight of the Golden Fleece (104). Of which posterity. She died in childbirth in 1685.

3° Jacqueline de Lalaing, lady of the palace of the Infanta Isabella, who doted her with 132,700 maravedis, around 1628, at the time of her marriage to Philippe DE MERODE, Count of Middelbourg; having no children from this union, she married, in 1631, at Tournai, Gillion-Otton, Marquis DE TRAZEGNIES, governor of Tournai at the time of the french conquest (105) She died in 1672. The nephew of this lord was no longer taken into account, but he did not die until 1691. See below, XVIII.

4° Marguérite de Lalaing, canoness of Mons in 1619.

5° Anne-Isabelle de Lalaing, canoness of Mons in 1625.

6° Léonore de Lalaing, provost of the canonesses of Berlaymont in Brussels (1648-1654), professed in 1632, died in 1668.

7° Philippine-Claire de Lalaing, provost of the same convent (1671-1678), "consultant" in 1686, professed in 1633, died in 1691.

8° Marie-Margueite de Lalaing, canoness of Berlaymont, professed in 1636, died the same year.

(101) Bulletins de la Comm. royale d'histoire, Bruxelles, 1848 in8o, XIV, p. 89.
(102) Id., 1869. 3e série, X, p. 351.
(103) Bibl. nation., Ms., Chan onnier Meurepas, t. XXVI.
(104) Voir son portrait tracé par Vuoe den vers 1689, Compte rendu des séances de la Com. royale d'histoire, Bruxelles, 1869, in-8o, 3e série, X, p. 360.
(105) Voir son portrait. Id., p. 314.

Brassart, Felix, Société Académique, editor. Souvenirs De La Flandre Wallonne, Catalogue des Nobels de Nom, de Lalaing, Dix-Septieme, L. Crépin, 1882. un Comite Historique et Archeologique: Memories of Walloon Flanders: pp. 86-89.
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Charles de Lalaing, seigneur de Hachicourt,de Bellencourt, de Damas, de Courcelles, de Fampoux, d’Achiet-le-Grand, baron de Montigny, comte de Hooghstraeten et d'autres fiefs qu'il recueillit par lamort de son neveu Antoine de Lalaing, en 1614, releva, le 7 février 1584, comme héritier et successeur de Jacques de Lalaing, le fief de La Mouillerie à Anseræuil près de Tournay. Il fut gouverneur d'Artois et mourut en 1626.

Il avait épousé en 1607 Alexandrine de Langlée, dite de Wavrin, baronne de Pecq et d'Eyne, ber de Flandre, chanoinesse de Sainte-Waudru à Mons, en 1581, fille de Jacques de Langlée, chevalier, baron d'Eyne, seigneur de Pecq, conseiller et chambellan du roi d'Espagne, souverain-bailli de Flandre, et de Jacqueline de Recourt, dite de Licques.

English translation by DeepL: Charles de Lalaing, lord of Hachicourt, Bellencourt, Damascus, Courcelles, Fampoux, Achiet-le-Grand, baron of Montigny, count of Hooghstraeten and other fiefs that he received after the death of his nephew Antoine de Lalaing in 1614, took over the fief of La Mouillerie in Anseræuil near Tournay on February 7, 1584, as the heir and successor of Jacques de Lalaing. He was governor of Artois and died in 1626.

He had married in 1607 Alexandrine de Langlée, known as de Wavrin, baroness of Pecq and Eyne, ber of Flanders, canoness of Sainte-Waudru in Mons, in 1581, daughter of Jacques de Langlée, knight, baron of Eyne, lord of Pecq, counsellor and chamberlain to the king of Spain, sovereign-bailiff of Flanders, and of Jacqueline de Recourt, known as de Licques.

Goethals, Félix-Victor. Histoire Généalogique De La Maison De Hornes. Polack-Duvivier, 1848. Lalaing de Hooghstraeten pp. 171-176

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Descendants of the 3rd Count of Hoogstraeten
Antoine II de Lalaing, 3rd Count of Hoogstraeten(1533–1568) Married to Eleonore de Montmorency
..Guillaume de Lalaing, 4th Count of Hoogstraeten; married to Marie-Christine of Egmont, daughter of the Prince of Gavere.
….Antoine III of Lalaing, 5th Count of Hoogstraeten; Married to Marguerite of Berlaymont - No children-
..Charles de Lalaing, 6th Count of Hoogstraeten: Knight of the Golden Fleece and of Saint-James. Married to Alexandrine de Langlee.
….Albert-François de Lalaing, 7th Count of Hoogstraeten
….Marie-Gabriel de Lalaing; 8th Countess of Hoogstraeten.
..Philippe de Lalaing, Baron of Nevele; Canon at the Cathedral of Liège
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Further reading:
1) The Almost Forgotten: a 10 part podcast on the Dutch Revolt, also known as the 80 years war, the Dutch War of Independence, narrated by Charlie Fliegel. The podcast focuses on the lives and times of great historical figures that have mostly fallen through the cracks of our collective memories.
2) Inventaire des archives de la famille de Lalaing at the State Archives in Belgium @ https://search.arch.be/en/?option=com_rab_findingaids&view=findinga...
3) L’ancien palais du Coudenberg @ http://patrimoine.brussels/liens/publications-numeriques/versions-p...
4) Die Familie de Lalaing in der belgischen Geschichte by Von Walter Grupp @ https://srbab.be/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Die-Familie-de-Lalaing-...