List of Knights of the Golden Fleece
16th Century

List of Knights of the Golden Fleece

Section Title: 16th Century
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Year of Induction	Name	Born	Died	Notes

1501	Charles of Ghent, Comte de Charolais	1500	1558	eldest son of Philip the Fair. Head of the Order from 1506 to 1555

Wolfgang von Polheim	1458	1512

Eitelfried II, Count of Zollern	1458	1512

Corneille de Berghes, Seigneur de Zevenberghe	1458	1516

Philippe bâtard de Bourgogne, Bishop of Utrecht	1466	1542

Michel de Croy, Seigneur de Sempy	?	1516

Jean de Luxembourg, Seigneur de Ville	?	1508

Philibert II, Duke of Savoy	1480	1504

1505	Henry, Prince of Wales	1491	1547	later King Henry VIII of England

Paul von Liechtenstein	?	?

Charles I de Lalaing	1466	1525

Wolfgang von Fürstenberg	1465	1509

Juan Manuel.Señor de Belmonte	?	1535

Floris d'Egmont, Count of Buren	1469	1539

Jacques III, Comte de Hornes	?	1530

Henry III, Count of Nassau-Breda	1483	1538

Ferry de Croy, Seigneur de Roeulx	?	1524

Philibert, Seigneur de Vere	?	1512

1515	Francis I, King of France	1494	1547

Archduke Ferdinand of Austria	1503	1564	younger brother of Charles V, later Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick II, Elector Palatine	1482	1556

John V of Brandenburg-Ansbach	1493	1525

Guy de la Baume, Comte de Montrevel	?	1516

Hoyer VI, Comte de Mansfeld	1484	1540

Laurent de Gorrevod, Comte de Pont de Vaux	?	1527

Philippe de Croy, 1st Duc d'Aerschot	1496	1549

Jacques de Gavre, Seigneur de Frezin	?	1537

Antoine de Croy, Seigneur de Tour-sur-Marne et Sempy	?	1546

Antoine de Lalaing, Comte de Hoogstraten	1480	1540

Charles de Lannoy, Seigneur de Senzeille	1482	1527

Adolphe de Bourgogne, Seigneur de Beveren	1489	1540

Philibert of Châlon, Prince of Orange	1502	1530

Felix, Count of Werdenberg	?	1530

Manuel I, King of Portugal	1469	1521

Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia	1506	1526

Michael von Wolkenstein	?	1523

Maximilien de Hornes, Seigneur de Gaesbeek	?	1542

Guillaume, Seigneur de Ribaupierre	1468	1547

Jean III, baron de Trazegnies	1470	1550

Jean van Wassenaar, Vicomte de Leyden	1483	1523

Maximilien de Berghes, Seigneur de Zevenbergen	?	1545

François de Melun, Comte d'Espinoy	?	1547

Jean, Comte d'Egmont	1499	1528

1519	Fadrique Alvarez de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Alva	c. 1460	1531

Diego Lopez de Pacheco, 2nd Duke of Escalona	1456	1529

Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Duke of l'Infantado	1461	1531

Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías	1460	1528

Alvaro de Zuniga y Guzman, 2nd Duke of Béjar	1455	1531

Antonio Manrique de Lara, 2nd Duke of Najera	1466	1535

Fernando Ramon Folch, 2nd Duke of Cardona	c. 1470	1543

Pietro Antonio San Severino, Duke of San Marco	?	?

Fadrique Enriquez de Cabrera, 2nd Count of Melgar	1466	1538

Alvaro Perez Osorio, 3rd Marquis of Astorga	?	1523

Christian II, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden	1481	1559

Sigismund I of Poland	1467	1548

Jacques de Luxembourg, Comte de Gavre	?	1530

Adrien de Croy, Comte de Roeulx	?	1555

1531	John III, King of Portugal	1502	1557	Charles V's brother-in-law

James V, King of Scots	1512	1542

Ferdinando d'Aragon, Duke of Calabria	1488	1550

Pedro Fernandez de Velasco, 3rd Duke of Frias	1485	1559

Philip, Duke of Bavaria	1503	1548

George, Duke of Saxony	1471	1539

Beltran II de la Cueva y Toledo, 3rd Duke of Albuquerque	1477	1560

Andrea Doria, 1st Prince of Melfi	1466	1560

Philip of Austria, Prince of Asturias	1527	1598	Charles V's eldest son, later Philip II of Spain. Head of the order from 1555

Reinoud III van Brederode	1492	1556

Ferrante Gonzaga, Duke of Ariano	1507	1557

Nicholas, Count of Salm	1503	1550

Claude de la Baume, Seigneur de Mont-Saint-Sorlin	?	1541

Antoine, Marquis de Berghes	1503	1567

Jean de Hennin, 1st Comte de Boussu	1480	1562

Charles, 2nd Comte de Lalaing	1506	1558

Louis de Flandres, Seigneur de Praet	1488	1555

Georges Schenck, Seigneur de Tautenburg	1480	1540

Philippe de Lannoy, Vicomte de Sebourg	1460	1535

Philippe de Lannoy, Seigneur de Molembaix	1487	1543

Alfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino, Marquis del Vasto	1502	1546

Francisco de Zuñiga, 3rd Count of Miranda	?	1536

Maximilien d'Egmont, Count of Büren	1509	1548

René de Châlons, Prince of Orange	1518	1544

1546	Archduke Maximilian of Austria	1527	1576	eldest son of Charles's brother, King Ferdinand. Later Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian II

Iñigo Lopez de Mendoza, 4th Duke of l'Infantado	1503	1566

Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alva	1508	1582

Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence	1519	1574	later became the first Grand Duke of Tuscany

Albert V, Duke of Bavaria	1528	1579

Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Piedmont	1528	1580	later Duke of Savoy

Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma	1524	1586

Juan Esteban Manrique de Lara, 3rd Duke of Najera	1504	1558

Friedrich von Fürstenberg	1496	1559

Philippe de Lannoy, 2nd Prince of Sulmone	1514	1553

Joachim, Seigneur de Rye	?	?

Ponthus de Lalaing, Seigneur de Bugnicourt	1508	1558

Lamoral d'Egmont, Prince de Gavre	1522	1568

Claude de Vergy, Comte de Gruères	1495	1560

Jacques, Comte de Ligne	?	1552

Maximilien de Bourgogne, Marquis de Vere	1514	1558

Peter Ernest, Count of Mansfeld	1517	1604

Jean de Ligne, Comte d'Arenberg	1525	1568

Pierre de Barbançon, Stadtholder of Hainault	1500	1557

Jean de Lannoy, Seigneur de Molembaix	1509	1560

Pedro Fernández de Córdoba, 4th Count of Feria	1518	1552

1555	Henry II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	1489	1568

Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Margrave of Burgau	1529	1595	second son of Emperor Ferdinand I

Philippe de Croy, 3rd Duc d'Aerschot	1521	1595

Gonzalo II Fernández de Córdoba (1520-1578)	1520	1578

Don Carlos of Spain	1545	1568	eldest son of King Philip II

Luis Enriquez de Cabrera, 2nd Duke of Medina de Rioseco	?	1572

Alfonso de Aragon, 3rd Duke of Cardona	?	1562

Charles, Baron de Berlaymont	1510	1578

Philippe de Stavele, Baron de Chaumont	1508	1562

Charles de Brimeu, Comte de Meghem	1524/25	1572

Philippe de Montmorency, Count of Horn	1518	1568

Jean IV, Marquis de Berghes	1528	1567

William I, Prince of Orange	1533	1584

Jean de Montmorency, Siegneur de Courrière	?	1563

Johan I of East Frisia	1506	1572

Wratislaw von Pernstein	1530	1582

Francisco Fernando d'Avalos d'Aquino, 5th Marquis of Pescara	?	1571

Antonio Doria, Marquis of San Stefano	?	?

Ascanio Sforza-Sforza, Count of Santa Fiora	1520	1575

1559	Guidobaldo de Montefeltre, Duke of Urbino	1514	1574

Marco-Antonio Colonna, Prince of Tagliacozza	1535	1584

Philippe de Montmorency, Seigneur d'Achricourt	1502	1566

Baudouin de Lannoy, Seigneur de Molembaix	1518

Guillaume de Croy, Marquis de Renty	1527	1565

Floris de Montmorency, Seigneur de Montigny	1528	1567

Philippe, 2me Comte de Ligne	1533	1583

Charles de Lannoy, 5th Prince of Sulmone	1537	1568

Antoine de Lalaing, 3rd Comte de Hoogstraten	1535	1568

1560	Francis II, King of France	1544	1560

1561	Joachim von Neuhaus	?	1584

1565	Charles IX, King of France	1550	1574

1566	Don John of Austria	1547	1578	illegitimate son of Charles V; later the victor of Lepanto

1573	Eric II, Duke of Brunswick	1528	1584

1581	Joao, Duke of Braganza	1547	1583

Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia	1550	1615	later commander of the Spanish Armada

1583	Philip, Prince Asturias	1578	1621	only surviving son of Philip II, later King Philip III of Spain. Head of the order from 1598

1585	Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy	1562	1630	son-in-law of Philip II

Luis Enriquez de Cabrera, 3rd Duke of Medina de Rioseco	?	1596

Juan de la Cerda, 5th Duke of Medinaceli	1544	1594

Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor	1552	1612	son of Maximilian II and nephew of Philip II

Archduke Charles of Inner Austria	1540	1590	youngest son of Ferdinand I

Archduke Ernest of Austria	1513	1595	younger brother of Rudolf II, nephew of Philip II

(William, Vilém) Guillaume Orsini de Rosenberg	1535	1592

Leonhard Harrach von Rohrau und Pirckenstein	1514	1590

Horace de Lannoy, 4th Prince of Sulmone	?	1597

Wilhelm V, Duke of Bavaria	1548	1626

Francesco de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany	1541	1587

Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma	1545	1592	nephew of Philip II; from 1586, Duke of Parma

Francesco de Montefeltre, Duke of Urbino	1549	1631

Vespasiano I Gonzaga Colonna, Duke of Sabbioneta	1531	1591

Carlos de Aragón	c. 1520	1599

Diego Fernández de Córdoba, 3rd Marquis of Camarasa	1524	1601

1586	Marc de Rye, Marquis de Varambon	?	1599

Maximilian, Count of East Frisia	1542	1600

Charles de Ligne, 2nd Prince of Arenberg	1550	1616

Florent, Count of Berlaymont	?	1626

Philip William d'Egmont, Prince of Gavre	1558	1590

Emmanuel de Lalaing, Marquis de Renty	1547	1590

Robert de Melun, Prince d'Espinoy	1550	1585

Alfonso Felix d'Avalos d'Aragone, 6th Marquis of Pescara	1529	1593

François de Vergy, Comte de Champlitte	1530	1591

Francisco de Santapau Varesi, 2nd Prince of Butera	?	1590

1587	Onorato Caëtani, 6th Marquis of Cisterna	1541	1592

Jean Khevenhüller de Aichelburg, Count of Frankenburg	1537	1606

1589	Vincenzo I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua	1562	1612

Iñigo Lopez de Mendoza, 5th Duke of l'Infantado	1536	1601

Juan Fernandez Pacheco, 5th Duke of Escalona	1563	1615

Pietro de' Medici, Prince of Tuscany	1544	1604

1596	Archduke Matthias of Austria	1557	1619	later Holy Roman Emperor

Archduke Ferdinand of Austria	1578	1637	later Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II

Sigismund Bathory, Prince of Transylvania	1572	1613

Albert VII, Archduke of Austria	1559	1621	Governor of the Spanish Netherlands

1599	Louis Enriquez de Cabrera, 4th Duke of Medina de Rioseco	?	1600

Ferrante II Gonzaga, Duke of Ariano	1563	1630

Juan de la Cerda, 6th Duke of Medinaceli	1569	1607

Antonio Alvarez de Toledo, 5th Duke of Alba	1568	1639

Charles de Croy, 4th Duke of Aerschot	1560	1612

Charles Philippe de Croy, Marquis d'Havré	1549	1613

Philippe de Croy, Comte de Solre	1561	1612

Philip William, Prince of Orange	1554	1618	Catholic son of William the Silent

Lamoral de Ligne, Prince d'Espinoy	1563	1624

Charles d'Egmont, Prince de Gavre	1568	1620

Claude-François de Vergy, Comte de Champlitte	?	1602

1600	Pietro Caëtani, 7th Duke of Sermoneta	1564	1614

Sigismund III, King of Poland	1566	1632

Rainuccio Farnese, Duke of Parma	1569	1622

Diego Enriquez de Guzman, 5th Duke of Alba de Lista	?	1604

Maximilian I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken	1573	1651

Sentence(s)

Henry III of Nassau-Breda was a Knight of the Golden Fleece.

final_sentence: Henry III of Nassau-Breda was a Knight of the Golden Fleece.