Jean t'Serclaes (died 1389) was a

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during the

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. He was the brother of Everard t'Serclaes, the liberator of Brussels.

Life

T'Serclaes was born in Brussels and graduated from the

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around 1349. He was appointed a

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in 1350, and

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of the

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in 1352. He held a plurality of benefices in a number of towns, including

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and

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. Ursmer Berlière, "t'Serclaes (Jean)", ''

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''
vol. 25
(Brussels, 1932), 727. On 10 October 1377, he founded the house of Bons Enfants in Brussels. After the death of Gérard de Dainville, bishop of Cambrai, the

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elected t'Serclaes as his successor on 1 July 1378.

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, ''La France pontificale (Gallia Christiana): Cambrai'' (Paris, Étienne Repos, 1864), pp. 228-230
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confirmed the election on 5 November 1378, and t'Serclaes was consecrated in Cambrai on 26 November.

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contested the election, seeking to install Arnold II of Horne,

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, in the see, but t'Serclaes retained possession. On 11 April 1385, in Cambrai, t'Serclaes presided at the dynastic double wedding of John of Burgundy and William of Bavaria to one another's sisters,

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and Margaret of Burgundy respectively, in the presence of

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. Bishop t'Serclaes died in Cambrai on 12 January 1389.

References

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