William II de Croÿ

House of Croÿ

The House of Croÿ is an international family of European mediatized nobility which held a seat in the Imperial Diet from 1486, and was elevated to the rank of Imperial Princes in 1594...

, Lord of Chièvres

Chièvres

Chièvres is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006 Chièvres had a total population of 6,198. The total area is 46.91 km² which gives a population density of 132 inhabitants per km²....

(1458 – 28 May 1521) (also known as: Guillaume II de Croÿ, sieur de Chièvres in French

French language

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; Guillermo II de Croÿ, señor de Chièvres, Xevres or Xebres in Spanish

Spanish language

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; Willem II van Croÿ, heer van Chièvres in Dutch

Dutch language

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), later Duke of Sora and Arce

Arce

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, Baron

Baron

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 of Roccaguglielma (all three in Kingdom of Naples

Kingdom of Naples

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, now in Frosinone province), 1st count

Count

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 of Beaumont

Beaumont, Belgium

Beaumont is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut.On January 1, 2006 Beaumont had a total population of 6,698. The total area is 92.97 km² which gives a population density of 72 inhabitants per km²....

, 1st Marquess

Marquess

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 of Aarschot

Aarschot

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, Lord of Temse

Temse

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was the chief tutor and First Chamberlain to Charles V

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I and his son Philip II in 1556.As...

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William was the second son of Philippe de Croÿ, Lord of Aarschot and Jacoba of Luxembourg.