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joost de soete

joost de soete or de zoete , lord of villers or villiers , -lrb- 1510 -- 1520 , sluis - march 1589 , the hague -rrb- was a dutch nobleman and field marshal who fought in the early years of the eighty years ' war .
de soete was the third son alexander de zoete , knight and governor of zeeland , and johanna van ranst , lady of hautin , who had married in 1502 .
in 1580 , he was commander of bouchout .
in march 1589 he was mortally wounded at the battle at geertruidenberg .
he was brought to the hague where he soon died .
his coat of arms were a black twill with silver chevron .
