Claude de Lannoy, 1st Count of la Motterie

Claude de Lannoy (1578–1643), Comte de la Motterie,[1] was a Flemish nobleman, Governor of Maastricht and Namur and a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

At the time, the provinces were in a state of upheaval and in 1581, the Dutch declared independence.

Lannoy first married Marie Françoise le Vasseur and they had a son; Philippe de Lannoy, 2nd Count of la Motterie who inherited his father's titles.

[2] Upon the death of his first wife, Lannoy married Claudine d'Eltz, Baroness de Clervaux, and founded the Lannoy-Clervaux line which continued for several generations.

[5] There are references to Lannoy as the Camp Master General, serving in the Spanish army of Philip IV, though they give little details as to Lannoy's role or function and do not mention specific conflicts.