Charles II de Croÿ
{{infobox royal
| title = Prince of Chimay
Duke of Aarschot
| name = Charles II de Croÿ
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birthdate|1522|07|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{dda|1551|06|24|1522|07|31|df=yes}}
| death_place = Quiévrain, Belgium
| father = Philippe II de Croÿ
| mother = Anne de Croÿ
| spouse = {{marriage|Louise of Lorraine
|1541|1542|reason=died}}
{{marriage|Antoinette of Burgundy
|1549|1551|reason=murdered}}
| issue =
| house = Croÿ
}}
Charles II de Croÿ (31 July 1522 – Quiévrain, 24 June 1551) was Seigneur de Croÿ, 2nd Duke of Aarschot, 3rd Prince of Chimay and 3rd Count of Beaumont.
Early life
Charles, born on 31 July 1522, was the eldest son of Philippe II de Croÿ, Duke of Aarschot, and Anne de Croÿ, Princess of Chimay (daughter and heir of Charles I de Croÿ).{{efn|Hanno Wijsman states Philippe II de Croy married Anne de Croy, Princess of Chimay. Hanno, does not, mention Charles b. 1522 as their son.{{cite book |last1=Wijsman |first1=Hanno |title=Luxury Bound: Illustrated Manuscript Production and Noble and Princely Book Ownership in the Burgundian Netherlands (1400-1550) |date=2010 |publisher=Brepols |isbn=978-2-503-52558-7 |pages=339, 702 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dq4Q4xqYIfAC |access-date=6 August 2024 |language=en}}}}
Career
After his mother's death in 1539, he inherited the Principality of Chimay, and after his father's death in 1549, the Duchy of Aarschot, thus uniting for the first time the two great titles of the House of Croÿ.
Personal life
In 1541, Charles married Louise of Lorraine (1521–1542), daughter of Claude, Duke of Guise and Antoinette de Bourbon.{{sfn|Carroll|2009|p=57}} After Louise's death the following year, he married Antoinette of Burgundy (1529–1588) in 1549. Antoinette was the sister of Maximilian II of Burgundy, who was married to Charles' sister, Louise de Croÿ (1524–1585).
Charles de Croÿ was murdered in 1551 in Quiévrain. Because he had no children, all his titles and possessions went to his younger brother Philippe III de Croÿ. His widow later married Jacques d’Anneux, Seigneur d'Aubencourt. His brother was succeeded by his son, Charles III de Croÿ (who like Charles II, died childless).{{cite book |last1=Hove |first1=Isabelle Vanden |title=The Dukes of Arenberg: The Thousand-Year History of a Noble Family |date=29 May 2024 |publisher=Leuven University Press |isbn=978-90-832016-1-0 |page=75 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Dukes_of_Arenberg/oFMOEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA75 |access-date=6 August 2024 |language=en}}
Notes
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References
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Sources
- {{cite book |title=Martyrs and Murderers: The Guise Family and the Making of Europe|first=Stuart |last=Carroll |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2009 }}
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