Background
De Lalaing was a son of Joost de Lalaing and Bonne van Viefville.
De Lalaing was a son of Joost de Lalaing and Bonne van Viefville.
lieutenant was from her that De Lalaing inherited the titles of Hoogstraten and Culemborg. The marriage remained childless. In 1501 he was chamberlain at the court of Philip the Handsome.
Later, in 1510, he was Counsellor and Chamberlain to the young Charles of Luxemburg, later emperor Charles V.
In 1528 he also became stadhouder of the Sticht Utrecht.
Antoine was also a general, playing an important part in the Burgundian dukes" struggle against Charles, Duke of Guelders and his attempts to conquer the Sticht. Wthat we know from these descriptions.
As a result of historical circumstances, the funeral as represented on the drawings never took place. The author adduces proofs to argue that the cenotaph can belie attributable to J(e )an Mone, born at Metz around 1480, who worked for the Brussels court and also produced the tomb of Antoine de Lalaing"s elder brother Charles I, which was destroyed at Douai in 1910.
Mono is mentioned in the Hoogstraten archives as "January lartist" or even "January Moeet".
Also in 1510 he also became a member of the Great Council of Mechelen.