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Frans van Cranevelt (Nijmegen, 3 February 1485 - Mechelen, 8 September 1564 ), also known as Franciscus van Craneveldius, was a Flemish humanist and lawyer .

Cranevelt was the son of Herman van Cranevelt (1442-1518), secretary of three successive dukes of Guelders and Irma van Heusden-Helshout (d.1528). He married in 1509 with Elisabeth van Baussele (d.1545) from Leuven, with whom he had at least eleven children, and in 1560 with the widow Catherine de Plaine. After having received home education, together with Gerard Geldenhouwer, and having studied at the Latin school in Deventer, in 1497 he went to Cologne for his university studies. At that time he was barely thirteen and when he graduated in 1500 he was not awarded a diploma because he was too young. He then went to Leuven, where he studied under Johannes Despauterius and Adriaan Floriszoon, the future Pope Adrian VI. In 1505 he was promoted to licentiate philosophy and was even proclaimed primus. In 1506 he became a licentiate and in 1510 a doctor in both rights. From 1507 he taught law.

In 1515 he took up the position of city pensioner of Bruges and in this capacity he pronounced speeches to welcome important guests to the city, including King Christian II of Denmark, Emperor Charles V and Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. On 27 September 1522, Emperor Charles V appointed him as counselor in the Grand Council in Mechelen. He continued to exercise this office until his death. In the Council and at the Court in Mechelen he became a man of considerable influence.

Despite his political responsibilities Cranevelt maintained a lively correspondence with many of the most important humanists of his time such as Erasmus, Thomas More, Adrianus Barlandus and his close friend Juan Luis Vives. He enjoyed the esteem of all not only because of his erudition, but also for his sound judgment, his pleasant character and the good mood he kept in all circumstances.

Bibliography

Peter G. Bietenholz, Thomas Brian Deutscher Eds. (1987). Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation, Volumes 1-3. University of Toronto Press.
Vocht, H. (1953). History of the Foundation and the Rise of the Collegium Trilingue Lovaniense 1517-1550 - Part 2 The development. Humanistica Lovaniense - vol.11, pp. pp. 95-224.
Vocht, H. (1928) Litterae ad Craneveldium

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 Cranevelt was the son of Herman van Cranevelt (1442-1518), secretary of three successive dukes of [[Guelders]] and Irma van Heusden-Helshout (d.1528). He married in 1509 with Elisabeth van Baussele (d.1545) from Leuven, with whom he had at least eleven children, and in 1560 with the widow Catherine de Plaine.
-After having received home education, together with [[Gerard Geldenhouwer]], and having studied at the Latin school in [[Deventer]], in 1497 he went to [[Cologne]] for his university studies. At that time he was barely thirteen and when he graduated in 1500 he was not awarded a diploma because of he was too young. He then went to [[Leuven]], where he studied under [[Johannes Despauterius]] and Adriaan Floriszoon, the future Pope [[Adrian VI]]. In 1505 he was promoted to licentiate philosophy and was even proclaimed primus. In 1506 he became a licentiate and in 1510 a doctor in both rights. From 1507 he taught law.
+After having received home education, together with [[Gerard Geldenhouwer]], and having studied at the Latin school in [[Deventer]], in 1497 he went to [[Cologne]] for his university studies. At that time he was barely thirteen and when he graduated in 1500 he was not awarded a diploma because he was too young. He then went to [[Leuven]], where he studied under [[Johannes Despauterius]] and Adriaan Floriszoon, the future Pope [[Adrian VI]]. In 1505 he was promoted to licentiate philosophy and was even proclaimed primus. In 1506 he became a licentiate and in 1510 a doctor in both rights. From 1507 he taught law.
 In 1515 he took up the position of city pensioner of [[Bruges]] and in this capacity he pronounced speeches to welcome important guests to the city, including King [[Christian II]] of Denmark, Emperor [[Charles V]] and Cardinal [[Thomas Wolsey]]. On 27 September 1522, Emperor Charles V appointed him as counselor in the Grand Council in [[Mechelen]]. He continued to exercise this office until his death. In the Council and at the Court in Mechelen he became a man of considerable influence.