Baldwin van Lannoy, Lord of Molembais, nicknamed "Le Bègue" (The Stutterer; 1388 in

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– 1474 in Huppaye) was a

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statesman, and ambassador for

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at the court of

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Family

He was a member of the noble de Lannoy family. He was a son of Guilbert I of Lannoy and Catherine de Saint-Aubin, Lady of Molembais.La Belgique héraldique: recueil historique, chronologique, généalogique et biographique complet de toutes les maisons nobles reconnues de la Belgique/Adriaens, 1866. He is the founder of the Branch of the Lords of Molenbais. He married twice; first to Marie, Lady of Melles and 2nd to Adrienne de Berlaymont, who gave him 4 children: # Baldwin de Lannoy, Lord of Molembais: Knight Of the Golden Fleece;
''married to Marie d'Esne, Lady of Conroy''. ##Jacqueline de Lannoy; married to

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# Philippote de Lannoy; married to Jean de Jauche, lord of Mastaing # Anne de Lannoy; married to Leon, lord of Proisy # Hugues de Lannoy; canon in Liege, Cathedral.

Career

During his career he was named Governor of Lille. When Baldwin became Knight in the

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, he commissioned a portrait to be painted by

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References

Genealogie online (in Dutch)
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