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[[File:SOAOTO - Folio 071R.jpg|thumb|Jacques de Luxembourg as Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece (Den Haag, KB, 76 E 10, fol. 71r)]]
'''Jacques de Luxembourg, Seigneur de Richebourg''' (1426 – [[Nantes]], 20 August 1487) was a noble who served [[Charles the Bold]], [[Duke of Burgundy]] and later King [[Louis XI of France]].
== Life ==
Jacques was the son of [[Peter I, Count of Saint-Pol]] and [[Margaret of Baux]].{{sfn|Sinclair|1988|p=105}} He fought beside [[Arthur de Richemont]], Constable of France, at [[Battle of Formigny|Formigny]].{{sfn|Sinclair|1988|p=105}}  He was knighted after the [[Battle of Gavere]] on 23 July 1453. In the following years, he served [[Charles the Bold]], [[Duke of Burgundy]] as an army commander. In 1468 he was awarded the [[Order of the Golden Fleece]].{{sfn|Sinclair|1988|p=105}} Supporting the Burgundians, Jacques was wounded and captured by the French near [[Arras]].{{sfn|Sinclair|1988|p=105}} While convalescing in Paris, he agreed to serve Louis XI and was made chamberlain.{{sfn|Sinclair|1988|p=105}} He received the French [[Order of Saint Michael]].{{sfn|Sinclair|1988|p=105}}
Jacques died in 1487 and was buried at the Cistercian abbey at Cercamp.{{sfn|Sinclair|1988|p=105}}
==Marriage and issue==
He married firstly Jeanne, comtesse de Sarrewerden and Moers, and secondly Isabelle de Roubaix (1415–1498), daughter of  Pierre de Roubaix. He had 2 sons, who died young and 3 daughters.<br>
He was succeeded by his daughter Isabelle de Luxembourg, who married Jean III de Melun (1460–1504).
==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite journal |title=Un Livre de Devotion de Jacques de Luxembourg et L'œuvre Didactique de Jean Gerson |first=Keith V. |last=Sinclair |journal=Romania |language=French |volume=109 |issue=433 (1) |year=1988 |page=104-115 |publisher= Librairie Droz|doi=10.3406/roma.1988.1865 }}
==Further reading==
* Raphael de Smedt (Hrsg.): ''Les chevaliers de l’ordre de la Toison d’or au XVe siècle: notices bio-bibliographiques''. Frankfurt 2000, {{ISBN|3-631-36017-7}}, S. 157–159 (''Kieler Werkstücke''. D 3).
*Jacques Paviot, Jacques de Luxembourg. Politic et culture chez un grand seigneur du XVe siècle, in: D. Boutet u. J. Verger (Hrsg.), Penser le pouvoir au Moyen Age (VIIIe–XVe siècle). Études offertes à Françoise Autrand, Paris 2000, S. 327-341.
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[[Category:15th-century French people]]
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