iving ▁word ▁list ▁of ▁Crime an ▁Goth ic , ▁a ▁German ic ▁dialect ▁spoken ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁in ▁some ▁isolated ▁regions ▁of ▁Crime a . ▁ ▁Early ▁years ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁the ▁il leg it imate ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁Se igneur ▁de ▁Bus bec q , ▁Georges ▁Gh is elin , ▁and ▁his ▁mist ress ▁Catherine ▁H es piel , ▁although ▁he ▁was ▁later ▁legit im ized . ▁He ▁grew ▁up ▁at ▁Bus bec q ▁Castle ▁( in ▁present - day ▁B ous bec que , ▁Nord , ▁France ), ▁studying ▁in ▁W erv ik ▁and ▁Com ines ▁- ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁all ▁part ▁of ▁Spanish ▁West ▁Fland ers , ▁a ▁province ▁of ▁the ▁Holy ▁Roman ▁Empire . ▁ ▁Bus bec q ' s ▁intellectual ▁g ifts ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁advanced ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁Latin - language ▁University ▁of ▁Le u ven , ▁where ▁he ▁registered ▁in ▁ 1 5 3 6 ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁Og ier ▁Gh is lain ▁de ▁Com ines . ▁From ▁there , ▁he ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁study ▁at ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁well - known ▁univers ities ▁in ▁northern ▁Italy , ▁including ▁taking ▁classes ▁from ▁ ▁in ▁Ven ice . ▁ ▁Like ▁his ▁father ▁and ▁grand father , ▁Bus bec q ▁chose ▁a ▁career ▁of ▁public ▁service . ▁He ▁started ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁court ▁of ▁the ▁Aust rian ▁monarch ▁Ferdinand ▁I ▁in ▁approximately ▁ 1 5 5 2 . ▁In ▁ 1 5 5 4 , ▁he ▁was ▁sent ▁to ▁England ▁for ▁the ▁marriage ▁in ▁Win chester ▁of