Jacques de Lalaing

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For the Belgian artist, see Jacques de Lalaing (artist).

Jacques de Lalaing (1421-1453) was a Walloon knight of the 15th century. He was originally in the service of the Duke of Cleves and afterwards in that of the Duke of Burgundy, Philip III, the Good, gaining great renown by his prowess in the tiltyard.

The duke of Burgundy entrusted him with embassies to the pope and the king of France (in 1451, Charles VII), and subsequently sent him to put down the revolt of the inhabitants of Ghent, in which expedition he was killed. He was one of the first of European nobility to be killed by a gun. (The Golden Age of Burgundy, Joseph Calmette).
His biography, Le Livre des faits de messire Jacques de Lalaing, which has been published several times, is mainly the work of the Burgundian herald and chronicler Jean Le Fevre, better known as Toison d'or; the Flemish historiographer Georges Chastellain and the herald Charolais also took part in its compilation.

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press

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