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1556
1 January |
At Oldenburg. |
| 2 January |
At Bruges. |
| 3 January |
At Ghent. |
| 4 January |
At Termonde. |
| 5 January |
At Brussels. |
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All this time the Emperor paid all expenses for the King, his son, who was served by the Emperor's officers until his return from Antwerp. At this time, a chapter of the Golden Fleece was summoned at Antwerp, whither the King went to hold it, as head and sovereign of the said Order, in virtue of the renunciation made by the Emperor, his father. He left (Brussels) the 17th and proceeded to Malines. |
| 18 January |
At Antwerp until 3 March. There was held the Chapter of the Golden Fleece, and the following new Knights were created: |
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Charles (Carlos) only son of the King, Prince of the Spains. |
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The Admiral of Castile. |
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The Duke of Segorbe. |
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Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. |
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Duke John of Brunswick, the elder. |
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Baron Bernstein, a Bohemian. |
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The Marquis of Pescara. |
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Count Santa Fiora. |
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The Prince of Orange. |
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The Duke of Arschot. |
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Count Meghem. |
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Count Horn. |
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The Marquis of Berghes. |
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Count Over-Embde. |
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M. de Berlaymont. |
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M. de Glajon. |
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M. de Courrières. |
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Antonio Doria. |
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Also appointed: The Duke of Sessa, who neither accepted nor refused, and has since accepted. |
| 3 April |
At Malines. |
| 4 April |
At Brussels. At this time, there was a meeting at Cambrai to conclude a truce and arrange ransoms, the Emperor being represented by Count Lalaing and Councillor Renard, and the King of France by the Admiral; and they concluded a five-years' truce. The Admiral came to Brussels, and Count Lalaing went to France to ratify the truce, which the French broke before two years (sic) were over. And as contagious diseases were suspected at Brussels, the Emperor withdrew to Lombeck, two leagues from Brussels; and on |
| 28 June |
the King went to sleep at the Red Cloister. |
| 29 June |
At Tervueren. |
| 6 July |
The King went to Louvain to receive the King and Queen of Bohemia, who had come to see the Emperor, their father, and to take leave of him before his departure. |
| 27 July |
The King and Queen (of Bohemia) came to sleep at Brussels, where the Emperor had arrived the day before. They stayed at Brussels until 15 August. During this time, there were held several jousts, combats on foot, feasts and banquets, some organised by the Town, some by Court, in honour of the King and Queen of Bohemia, who, when they had taken leave of the Emperor, the Queens Dowager of France and Hungary, and the King, and had received several gifts, set out on their home journey. |
| 15 August |
The King at Alost. |
| 16 August |
The King at Ghent, where there had arrived, two days before, the Emperor and the two Queens, his sisters. |
| 28 August |
The Emperor and the two Queens having left for Spain, the King went to visit them at Tassenay (Sas de Gand), and |
| 30 August |
returned to Ghent. |
| 15 September |
The King at Biervliet, to visit the Emperor in Zealand. |
| 16 September |
He took ship, and went to spend the night at Sombourg. |
| 17 September |
At Flushing, whence he joined the Emperor on board his ship. On the return journey, he visited the Isle of Zealand. |
| 19 September |
Return to Ghent. |
| 9 November |
To sleep at Termonde. |
| 10 November |
To Brussels, where he spent the rest of the year, and remained until |
