Felipe Bette y de Croy (French: Félipe-Emmanuel de Bette; 24 January 1677 – 4 January 1742), known as the Knight of Lede, was a soldier and noble from the Spanish Netherlands.
His grandfather, Guillaume de Bette, was made a marquess by King Felipe V. His older brother Juan Francisco de Bette y Croy became the 3rd Marquess of Lede after their father's death in 1679.
[1] Felipe was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Army of King Felipe V, and fought in the Battle of Melazzo, in Sicily, where Spain defeated the Holy Roman Empire.
[1] He retired at age 50 and lived for 15 more years before his death in Barcelona.
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