Antoine II of Lalaing (1533–1568), 3rd count of

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, was a patron and nobleman of the

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. He was the son of the second count Philip de Lalaing and his wife Anna of Rennenberg. At the age of 22 he took possession of the Gelmelslot at Hoogstraten. He became governor of

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at an early age, and in 1558 he was allowed to receive the Holy Sepulcher Knights to their first chapter. In 1560 he married Eleonora de Montmorency in

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. They had a son, William of Lalaing. In 1566 the

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broke out, and he replaced William of Orange as governor of Antwerp. Like the counts Lamoraal, count of Egmont and

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, Hoogstraten was summoned by the

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to Brussels to appear before the

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. Hoogstraten was on his way to Brussels when he heard that Egmont and Hoorn had been arrested in Brussels. He immediately turned around, took from his castle his most important possessions, and fled on horseback to

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. As a consequence, the Duke of Alba banished him, confiscated his possessions, and deprived him of all his rights and privileges, and his library was moved to

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. Despite all this, Antoine II of Lalaing remained resolute in his support of William of Orange. In a military manoeuver near

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after the Battle of Jodoigne, where the army of William of Orange was forced by the Duke of Alba to retreat over the kleine Gete, he was hit in the foot by a shot from his own gun, and on 11 December 1568 he succumbed to his injuries.

Sources

* ''Het Gelmelslot van Hoogstraten'', website van het Penitentiair Schoolcentrum Hoogstraten, naar opzoekingen van de "Hoogstraatse Oudheidkundige Kring" * P.C. Hooft, ''P.C. Hoofts Nederlandsche Historien, Vyfde Boek. (1642-1647)''. p198 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lalaing, Antoine 02 De 1533 births 1568 deaths Antoine II de Lalaing Dutch people of the Eighty Years' War Medieval Knights of the Holy Sepulchre An