About Charles de Croÿ
Lived 1506 – 1564 (aged 57–58). Charles de Croÿ was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Charles de Croÿ Prince of Chimay (; 1506 – 11 December 1564) was a bishop of the See of Tournai in present-day Belgium from 1524 until 1564.
Charles was born in 1506 as a member of the House of Croÿ. He was a nephew of William de Croÿ, Lord of Chièvres (1458–1521) and a brother of William de Croÿ, Archbishop of Toledo (1498–1521). He matriculated at the University of Louvain in 1523. Among Charles' teachers were Adrianus Barlandus, Jacobus Latomus, and Johannes Driedo.
A biography of Pierre Cotrel, vicar-general of the Diocese of Tournai from 1497 to 1545, mentions Charles, as do materials describing a château he built in the village of Moorsel in 1546. He was Abbot of Affligem Abbey between 1521–1564.
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Who was Charles de Croÿ?
Roman Catholic bishop (1505-1564)
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Charles de Croÿ was born in 1506.
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Charles de Croÿ died on 11 December 1564.
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Charles de Croÿ was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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