Lancelot II Schetz , 2nd Count of Grobbendonk, baron of

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, lord of

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, etc., was a Netherlandish nobleman and a military commander during the later stages of the

Eighty Years' War The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt ( nl, Nederlandse Opstand) ( c.1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government. The causes of the war included the Refo ...

. Schetz was the eldest son and heir of the celebrated commander Anthonie Schetz. In 1638 he held the rank of colonel and was military governor of

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when the town was besieged by the French. Lancelot inherited his father's titles as count of Grobbendonk and baron of Wezemaal in 1641, and his mother's title to the lordship of Tilburg in 1650. He was lord of Durbuy through his marriage to Marguerite-Claire de Noyelles. He would later become governor of the

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. He died in 1664.

Children

* Charles Hubert Auguste Schetz, died 1672: died in the

Franco-Dutch War The Franco-Dutch War, also known as the Dutch War (french: Guerre de Hollande; nl, Hollandse Oorlog), was fought between France and the Dutch Republic, supported by its allies the Holy Roman Empire, Spain, Brandenburg-Prussia and Denmark-Nor ...

during the Battle of Kruipin,

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.La Belgique héraldique: recueil historique, chronologique, généalogique et ... * Anthony III Ignace Schetz, died 1726: married to Marie Madeleine de Berghes, daughter of Eugene de Berghes, 2nd Count of Grimberghen.

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1664 deaths Ursel Dutch military commanders Mayors of the City of Brussels Dutch people of the Eighty Years' War (Spanish Empire) Year of birth unknown {{netherlands-bio-stub