Gilles I of Busleyden (; ) or Gilles van Bauschelt (died 28 June 1499) was knighted by

Philip the Good Philip III the Good (; ; 31 July 1396 – 15 June 1467) ruled as Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death in 1467. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty, to which all 15th-century kings of France belonged. During his reign, ...

and became a chamberlain of

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Biography

Originating from Bauschleyden, Gilles de Busleyden was born into a prominent

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family. He was the son of Jean de Busleyden, Lord of Busleyden ( Bauschleyden), and Francoise de Brusfeld.Delfortrie, É. (1856). Mémoire sur les analogies des langues Flamande, Allemande et Anglaise, ou étude comparée de ces idiomes, en réponse a la question suivante: Constater les analogies que présentent les langues Flamande, .. Belgium: Hayez. He married Jeanne Elisabeth de Mussey of

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.Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation. (2003). Germany: University of Toronto Press. He had around several children and four sons which included: Gilles II,

François de Busleyden François of Busleyden (; ) or Frans (died 23 August 1502) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Besançon, provost, and a politician. Biography François de Busleyden was born around 1455 in Arlon to an old Luxembourgish family from Bauschleyden. ...

, Jérôme de Busleyden, and Valerius (or Valérien de Busleyden). From 1467 to 1473, he occupied the role of

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of Bauschleyden. He gained considerable wealth and acquired various lands, notably the lordship of

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, with his castle nearly reaching the outskirts of Arlon. He later settled in

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where his third son Jérôme was born. He had a hand in building a parish church of Saint-Martin in Arlon, later destroyed in a fire.Neyen, A. (1860). Biographie Luxembourgeoise: histoire des hommes distingués originaires de ce pays considéré à l'époque de sa plus grande étendue, ou qui se sont rendus remarquables pendant le séjour qu'ils y ont fait. Luxembourg: Bruck. Gilles received knighthood from

and served as a chamberlain of

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. In February 1471, in

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, Charles the Bold

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him.Bulletin monumental: publié sous les auspices de la Société française d'archéologie.... (1886). France: Société française d'archéologie, Musée des monuments français. He served as a secretary clerk of the

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of the

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and was appointed on 24 December 1484, as a

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in the Chamber of the Council in Luxembourg.

Death

Gilles de Busleyden died on 28 June 1499 in

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(now

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).Annales de la Société d'archéologie de Bruxelles. (1891). Belgium: Vromant & Company.

References

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