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Guillebert de Lannoy (also Gilbert, Guilbert or Ghillebert; 1386–1462), was a
Flemish
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traveler and diplomat, chamberlain to the
duke of Burgundy
Duke of Burgundy (french: duc de Bourgogne) was a title used by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, from its establishment in 843 to its annexation by France in 1477, and later by Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Spain from the House of Habsburg ...
, governor of the fort of
Sluys, and a
knight of the Golden Fleece
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Knights of the Burgundian Golden Fleece
15th Century
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.
He was the son of Guillebert I de Lannoy and Catherine of Molembais. He was a member of the noble
de Lannoy family.
His brothers were
Hugo of Lannoy and
Baldwin of Lannoy
Baldwin van Lannoy, Lord of Molembais, nicknamed "Le Bègue" (The Stutterer; 1388 in Hénin-Beaumont – 1474 in Huppaye) was a Flemish statesman, and ambassador for Philip the Good at the court of Henry V of England.
Family
He was a member of ...
, also founding Knights of the Golden Fleece.
Guillebert first served
Jean de Werchin, seneschal of Hainaut, and accompanied him to the East and to Spain. He then served
John the Fearless
John I (french: Jean sans Peur; nl, Jan zonder Vrees; 28 May 137110 September 1419) was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian State from 1404 until his death in 1419. He played a key role in French national affairs during ...
in his war against the
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
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and the
Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War
The Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War was a conflict between two cadet branches of the French royal family – the House of Orléans ( Armagnac faction) and the House of Burgundy ( Burgundian faction) from 1407 to 1435. It began during a lull in th ...
. He then joined the
Teutonic Knights
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in the
Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War
The Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War, also known as the Great War, occurred between 1409 and 1411 between the Teutonic Knights and the allied Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Inspired by the local Samogitian uprising, the war beg ...
.
Guillebert also fought in 1415 against the English in the
Battle of Azincourt or Agincourt, where he was wounded and captured.
In the service of
Philip the Good
Philip III (french: Philippe le Bon; nl, Filips de Goede; 31 July 1396 – 15 June 1467) was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death. He was a member of a cadet line of the Valois dynasty, to which all 15th-century kings of France belonge ...
, he discharged several diplomatic missions in
France
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,
England
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(as Ambassador to
Henry V of England
Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422), also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1413 until his death in 1422. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the ...
),
Teutonic Knights
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,
Poland
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,
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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, and
Grand Duchy of Moscow
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and was one of the negotiators of the
Treaty of Troyes
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(1420). In 1421 he was sent by
Henry V of England
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to
Palestine
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to inquire into the possibility of reviving the
Kingdom of Jerusalem
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, and wrote an account of his travels, ''Les Pelerinages de Surye et de Egipte'', which was published in 1826 and again in 1842.
His travels in the Baltic region and Russia are recounted in his book ''Voyages et Ambassades'', published in Mons in 1840 with subsequent editions. Around 1440 Lannoy wrote ''L'Instruction de josne prince'' ("Advice for a Young Prince"), which he dressed up with a fictional origin in the court of
Norway
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"long, long ago", followed by a rediscovery of the manuscript text. The
dedication miniature
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in
Charles the Bold
Charles I (Charles Martin; german: Karl Martin; nl, Karel Maarten; 10 November 1433 – 5 January 1477), nicknamed the Bold (German: ''der Kühne''; Dutch: ''de Stoute''; french: le Téméraire), was Duke of Burgundy from 1467 to 1477.
...
's copy of 1468-70 illustrates the Norwegian story, but using up-to-date Burgundian costume and, it seems, the faces of the ducal family. Charles, around seven when the work was written, had no doubt always been the young prince Lannoy had in mind.
[Kren & McKendrick, 235-237]
Notes
References
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* Oscar Halecki, "Gilbert de Lannoy and His Discovery of East Central Europe" ''Bulletin of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences in America'', 2:2 (1944), 314-31.
Genealogie online (in Dutch)*Kren, T. & McKendrick, Scot (eds), ''Illuminating the Renaissance – The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe'', Getty Museum/Royal Academy of Arts, 2003,
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