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JACQUES DE LALAING (c. 1420-1453)

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 95 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LALAING (c. 1420-1453)  , Flemish See also:knight, was originally in the service of the See also:duke of See also:Cleves and afterwards in that of the duke of See also:Burgundy, See also:Philip III., the See also:Good, gaining See also:great renown by his prowess in the tiltyard . The duke of Burgundy entrusted him with embassies to the See also:pope and the See also:king of See also:France (1451), and subsequently sent him to put down the revolt of the inhabitants of See also:Ghent, in which expedition he was killed . His See also:biography, Le Livre See also:des faits de messire Jacques de See also:Lalaing, which has been published several times, is mainly the See also:work of the Burgundian See also:herald and chronicler See also:Jean le Fevre, better known as Toison d'or; the Flemish historiographer Georges See also:Chastellain and the herald Charolais also took See also:part in its compilation .

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