Lambert de Briarde, Lord of Liezele sometimes Lambrecht van den Bryaerde (died 10 October 1557
) was a Flemish judge.
Family
His family belonged to the old nobility dating from the 13th century. He was born in Duinkerke, the youngest son of Andries de Briarde, Lord of Coye. His older brother Charles was mayor of the
Brugse Vrije
The Brugse Vrije was a castellany in the county of Flanders, often called in English "the Franc of Bruges". It included the area around Bruges, and was bordered by the North Sea, the Westerschelde and the Yser river. The city of Bruges was separa ...
. Lambert was married to Marguerite Micault. They had two children:
* Nicolas de Briarde, died 1580. Married Adriana de Deurnaghle
* Lievine de Briarde. Married Gijsbrecht of Bronchorst, Lord of Schooten.
Career
He obtained a degree of Doctor in Canon Law in Louvain and started a career in Flanders. In 1519, he was advocatus in the Council of Flanders in Ghent, where he participated in major cases. He became master of requests of the Great Council in 1522, and was promoted to President in 1532 by request of Charles V until his death. He served almost a quarter of a century as President
Besides his career he was sent on diplomatic missions in service of the Emperor and the governess
Margaret of Parma
Margaret of Parma (; 5 July 1522 – 18 January 1586) was Governor of the Netherlands from 1559 to 1567 and from 1578 to 1582. She was the illegitimate daughter of the then 22-year-old Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Johanna Maria van der G ...
. He was sent to negotiate during the
Revolt of Ghent.
He is buried in St John of Mechelen.
References
Presidents of the Great Council
1557 deaths
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