Arteveld

or Artevelde, the name of two men distinguished in the history of the Low Countries. (1) JACOB VAN, a brewer of Ghent, born about 1800; was selected by his fellow townsmen to lead them in their struggles against Count Louis of Flanders. A proposal to make the Black Prince, son of Edward III. of England, governor of Flanders, led to an insurrection, in which Arteveld lost his life (1345). (2) Purwip, son of the former, at the head of the forces of Ghent, gained a great victory over the Count of Flanders, Louis IT., and for a time a umed the state of a sovereign prince. His reign proved short lived The Count of Flanders returned with a large French force, fully disciplined and skillfully commanded. Arteveld was rash enough to meet them in the open field at Roosebeke, between Courtrai and Ghent, in 1382, and fell with 25,000 Flemings.