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[[File:SOAOTO - Folio 049V.jpg|thumb|Jean II Croÿ as Knight in the Order off the Golden Fleece, 1473]]
'''Jean II de Croÿ''' (1390? – [[Valenciennes]], 25 March 1473) was [[Count of Chimay]] and progenitor of the line of Croÿ-Solre. Jean belonged to the powerful [[House of Croÿ]].

==Life==
Jean was the second surviving son of [[Jean I de Croÿ]] and Marie de Craon.{{sfn|vanden Bemden|2000|p=181}} His elder brother was [[Antoine I de Croÿ]]. He was a prominent member of the Burgundian court. He governed [[County of Hainaut|Hainaut]] and [[Namur (province)|Namur]] in the name of the Dukes of Burgundy as ''grand bailli de Hainaut''.{{sfn|Vaughan|2002a|p=195-196}} Jean's dominions were centred on the town of [[Chimay]], of which he became the first count. In 1430, he was made one of the first Knights of the [[Order of the Golden Fleece]].

Jean was godfather to [[Charles the Bold]] in 1433 and to the Dauphin in 1459. In 1435 he played an important part in the formation of the [[Congress of Arras]]. He was subsequently charged with bringing the city of [[Amiens]] under Burgundian control. In 1436, Jean commanded the Burgundian-Flemish army that [[Siege of Calais (1436)|besieged Calais]] and was blamed for the complete failure of the expedition. During the [[Revolt of Ghent (1449–1453)]], he lifted the siege of [[Oudenaarde]] and in 1453, he defeated [[William I of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]] at [[Thionville]], securing the [[Duchy of Luxembourg]] for Burgundy.

Jean was also amongst those who took the [[Feast of the Pheasant|Vow of the Pheasant]] in 1454. Jean had a great influence on [[Philip the Good]], for which he was hated by [[Charles the Bold]]. When Charles the Bold came to power in 1465, he exiled Jean, as well as his son [[Philip I of Croÿ-Chimay]] and his brother [[Antoine I de Croÿ]]. Jean only reconciled with Charles in 1473, the year of his death.

== Marriage and children ==

Jean was the progenitor of the only line of the House of Croÿ extant today, that of [[House of Croÿ#The line of Croÿ-Solre|Croÿ-Solre]].{{cn|date=September 2020}}

He married Marie of Lalaing (1390–1474){{sfn|vanden Bemden|2000|p=181}} and had five children.
* Jacqueline (1430–1500), married in 1463 Jean IV de Nesle{{sfn|Guynemer|1912|p=92}}
* [[Philip I of Croÿ-Chimay|Philip de Croy-Chimay]] (Mons, 1430 – Bruges, 18 September 1482), lord of Quievrain,{{sfn|Vaughan|2002b|p=248}} his successor
* Jacques (1436–1516), [[Bishop of Cambrai]]
* [[Michel de Croy, Seigneur de Sempy]] (died 1516), Order of the Golden Fleece
* Catherine (1440–1515), married Adrien de Brimeu who died in the [[Battle of Marignano]] (1515)

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite book |title=Les vitraux de la première moitié du 16e siècle conservés en Belgique |first=Yvette |last=vanden Bemden |language=French |publisher=Presses Universitaires de Namur |year=2000 }}
*{{cite book |first=Paul |last=Guynemer |title=La seigneurie d'Offémont |language=French |publisher=Imprimerie du Progrès de l'Oise |year=1912}}
*{{cite book |first=Richard |last=Vaughan |title=Philip the Good |publisher=Boydell Press |year=2002a }}
*{{cite book |first=Richard |last=Vaughan |title=Charles the Bold |publisher=Boydell Press |year=2002b }}

==Further reading==
*[http://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-familie-kuipers/I66649.php genealogy]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=f2vyJ-41U5wC&pg=RA2-PA56 Le roman de la manekine]

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