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{{Short description|Founder of the House of Croÿ}}
'''Jean I de Croÿ''', Seigneur of Croÿ et d'Araines, Baron of Renty and of Seneghem (around 1365 – 25 October 1415), was the founder of the [[House of Croÿ]].

==Biography==
Jean's parents were [[Guillaume I, Seigneur of Croÿ]] (†1384) and Isabeau of Renty.{{sfn|Thielemans|1959|p=5}} He was responsible for the ascendancy of his family to a position of supreme power in [[medieval]] [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]]. He served [[Philip the Bold]] and his son [[John the Fearless]] in the capacity of councillor and [[Chamberlain (office)|chamberlain]].

In 1384, Jean married a wealthy heiress, Marguerite de Craon (ca 1370–1420),{{sfn|Thielemans|1959|p=7}} successfully suing her first husband's family upon her death. In 1397, Jean acquired the lordship of [[Chimay]], which was to become a core dominion of the Croÿ family. Four years later, he was appointed Governor of [[Artois]] and led the ducal armies against the rebellious citizens of [[Liège]]. He was recorded as the [[Grand-Bouteiller]] of King [[Charles VI of France]] in 1412, when he laid siege to [[Bourges]].

The following year, [[Isabeau of Bavaria]] had Jean apprehended and incarcerated in the castle of [[Montlhéry]], whence he escaped. Jean, together with one of his sons, was killed at the [[Battle of Agincourt]] on 25 October 1415.{{sfn|Thielemans|1959|p=8}}

He had seventeen children, including:
*[[Antoine de Croy, Comte de Porcéan|Antoine I de Croÿ, Count of Porcéan]] (1385–1475)
*Archambaud de Croÿ (1386–1412){{sfn|Thielemans|1959|p=8}}
*Jean de Croÿ (1387 – 1415 at [[Battle of Agincourt]]){{sfn|Thielemans|1959|p=8}}
*[[Jean II de Croÿ]] (1395–1473), [[Prince of Chimay]], progenitor of the [[House of Croÿ#The line of Croÿ-Solre|House of Croÿ-Solre]].
*Agnès de Croÿ (1386?), mistress of [[John the Fearless]], [[Duke of Burgundy]], by whom she had a natural son, John of Burgundy (Jean de Bourgogne), the future [[Bishop of Cambrai]].{{sfn|Vaughan|2002|p=236}}
*Jeanne de Croÿ (1390–?), married Jean de Lannoy (c. 1370–1415), also killed at Agincourt, mother of [[Jan van Lannoy]], Stadtholder of Holland.

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{cite journal |title=Les Croÿ, conseillers des ducs de Bourgogne. Documents extraits de leurs archives familiales, 1357-1487 |first=Marie-Rose |last=Thielemans |journal=Bulletin de la Commission royale d'histoire. Académie royale de Belgique |language=French |year=1959 |volume=124 |issue=1 |pages=1–141 |doi=10.3406/bcrh.1959.1557 }}
*{{cite book |first=Richard |last=Vaughan |title=John the Fearless |publisher=Boydell Press |year=2002 }}

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