Felipe Bette y de Croy (French: Félipe-Emmanuel de Bette; 24 January 1677 – 4 January 1742), known as the Knight of Lede, was a soldier and noble from the Spanish Netherlands.[1][2]
Felipe was born in Valenciennes (now in Nord, France). He was the son of Agustín Ambrosio de Bette y Hornes, 2nd Marquess of Lede and Dorothea of Croÿ (Dorotea Brígida de Croÿ-Solre). His grandfather, Guillaume de Bette, was made a marquess by King Felipe V. His older brother Juan Francisco de Bette y Croy became the 3rd Marquess of Lede after their father's death in 1679.[1]
Felipe was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Army of King Felipe V, and fought in the Battle of Melazzo, in Sicily, where Spain defeated the Holy Roman Empire.[3] He was knighted as a Commander of the Order of Santiago.[1]
He retired at age 50 and lived for 15 more years before his death in Barcelona.[2] It is unknown if he married.
His portrait, by an unknown painter, is kept in the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi in Barcelona.[2]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vicent, Vicente de Cadenas y (1977) (in es). Caballeros de la Orden de Santiago, siglo XVIII. Ediciones Hidalguia. p. 188. ISBN 9788400037208. https://books.google.com/books?id=CyBSc3nkhTYC&pg=PA188. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Retrato de Felipe-Emmanuel de Bette" (in es). RACBA. http://www.racba.org/es/mostrarobra2.php?id=804.
- ↑ Nobiliaire des Pays-Bas, et du comté de Bourgogne...Depuis le ..., Volume 3
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