Philippe François de Croy, Vicomte de Langle, Seigneur de Tourcoing, was by marriage Duke of Havré.
Career
He was first married to Marie Madeleine de Bailleul.
Achievements
He was Governor of Luxembourg, and became a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1646. They had one son, Ferdinand Francois Joseph de Croÿ-Solre (1644-1694), who became an Imperial Fieldmarshal, Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece, and who succeeded to the ducal title.
Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
Order of the Golden Fleece
The Order of the Golden Fleece is an order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip III, Duke of Burgundy in 1430, to celebrate his marriage to the Portuguese princess Infanta Isabella of Portugal, daughter of King John I of Portugal.
The Order of the Golden Fleece is an order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip III, Duke of Burgundy in 1430, to celebrate his marriage to the Portuguese princess Infanta Isabella of Portugal, daughter of King John I of Portugal.