page_title: Mouscron
section_title: Middle Ages
hierarchical_section_title: Mouscron / History / Middle Ages
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Mouscron (Belgique) - Église Saint-Barthélémy&#160;: monument funéraire d'Oste de la Barre, Seigneur de Mouscron (ca 1380-1446) et de sa seconde épouse, Cécile de Mourkercke (ca 1400-1462) - monument protégé depuis 1976. Nederlands: Moeskroen (België) - Sint-Bartholomeuskerk&#160;: grafmonument van Oste de la Barre, Heer van Moeskroen (ca 1380-1446) en zijn tweede echtgenote, Cecile van Moerkerke (ca 1400-1462) - beschermd erfgoed sinds 1976. English: Mouscron (Belgium) - St. Bartholomew's Church&#160;: funerary monument to Oste de la Barre, Lord of Mouscron (c. 1380–1446) and his second wife, Cecilia de Mourkercke (c. 1400–1462) - cultural heritage monument since 1976.
context_page_description: Mouscron is a Walloon city and Frenchspeaking municipality with facilities for the Dutchspeaking minority, located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, along the border with the French city of Tourcoing, which is part of the Lille metropolitan area. The Mouscron municipality also includes the old municipalities of Dottignies, Luingne, and Herseaux. In accordance with the national law, the municipality offers dual language services in French and Dutch. Kortrijk, in Flanders, is located just to the north of Mouscron.
  The city substantially grew during the 19th and early 20th century with the development of the textile industry in the north of France. The symbol of the city is the Hurlu: a character representing Protestant activists, who plundered the countryside during the Wars of Religion.
context_section_description: A few archaeological discoveries were made in this area proving the existence of settlements during Roman times.  The name Dottignies – a village that is now part of Mouscron – appeared for the first time in the 9th century, while that of Mouscron only appeared in 1060.  In 1066, Baldwin V, Count of Flanders ceded the local buildings and territories to the estate of the Church of Saint-Pierre in Lille.  In 1149, the right to collect tithes in the Mouscron area was ceded in part to the Abbey of Saint Martin in Tournai, in part to the Chapter of the Tournai Cathedral.  The rights to the neighbouring villages of Herseaux and Luingne – now also part of Mouscron – were also given to the Tournai Cathedral in 1178.  In the 14th century, the Seigneury of Mouscron was eventually sold to a lord of Tournai, and in 1430, the Castle of the Counts (Château des Comtes) became the lord's manor, which can still be seen today.  The future Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor stopped there for dinner on May 27, 1516.
caption: Funerary Monument to Oste de la Barre, Lord of Mouscron (c. 1380–1446) and his second wife, Cécile de Mourkercke (c. 1400–1462) - St. Bartholomew's Church
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