Louis de Bruges,Lord of Gruuthuse,Prince of Steenhuijs,Earl of Winchester,was a Flemish courtier,bibliophile,soldier and nobleman. He was awarded the title of Earl of Winchester by King Edward IV of England in 1472,and was Stadtholder of Holland and Zeeland 1462–77.
The Flemish artist family Herregouts is believed to comprise 5 members who were artists:David Herregouts and his four sons.
Hendrik Herregouts was a Flemish history and portrait painter and draughtsman with an international career spanning Italy,Germany and his native Flanders.
Robert Dennis Chantrell was an English church architect,best-known today for designing Leeds Parish Church,now Leeds Minster.
Joseph Ryelandt was a Belgian classical composer. He is known for sacred vocal music,including several oratorios and masses. His oeuvre catalog,which lists 133 opus numbers,includes symphonies,masses,an opera,numerous works for piano solo,chamber works and songs,and also five oratorios,which Ryelandt himself considered his most important works.
Andries de Graeff was a regent and burgomaster (mayor) of Amsterdam and leading Dutch statesman during the Golden Age.
François-Joseph Kinson,was a Flemish painter.
Bicker is a very old Dutch patrician family. The family has played an important role during the Dutch Golden Age. They led the Dutch States Party and were at the centre of Amsterdam oligarchy from the beginning of the 17th century until the early 1650s,influencing the government of Holland and the Republic of the United Netherlands. Their wealth was based on commercial transactions,and in their political commitment they mostly opposed the House of Orange.
Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium,in the northwest of the country. It is the sixth most populous city in the country.
Anselm Adornes,also known as Anselm Adorno,was a merchant,patron,politician and diplomat,who belonged to the fifth generation of the Adornes family to live in Bruges.
Jan Baptist Herregouts was a Flemish painter,etcher,printmaker and brewer. He is known for his portraits,history subjects and allegorical scenes.
Joseph Denis Odevaere,or Joseph-DésiréOdevaere,was a Neo-Classical painter from the Southern Netherlands. He served as court painter to King William I.
The Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde is the only preserved beguinage in the Belgian city of Bruges. There are no more Beguines living there,but since 1927 it has functioned as a convent for Benedictines,founded by canon Hoornaert. In the same year the houses at the west side were also reshaped and enlarged into the Monasterium De Wijngaard,a priory of Benedictine nuns.
Anselme de Peellaert was a nobleman from Bruges.
Auguste Philippe de Peellaert was a Belgian officer who,after his military career,became a painter,composer,and writer.
Andries is a Dutch and Afrikaans masculine given name or surname equivalent to Andrew.
Andries Gerrit Knevel is a Dutch theologian,author and presenter on Dutch radio and tv. From 1993 until 2006,he was television director of the Evangelische Omroep,a Dutch broadcasting organisation with Protestant foundations.
Karel Aeneas Jacobus de Croeser was Mayor of Bruges (Brugge) between 1803 and 1813,and again between 1817 and 1827. He was the first person to be elected the post of Mayor after the contentious establishment of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815. He was previously known as a poet and genealogist.
Dirk De fauw is a Belgian politician of the CD&V party. He is the son of Hilaire De fauw,a politician of the CVP who was municipal councilor of Sint-Andries,provincial councilor in West Flanders and deputy of the same province. Dirk De fauw studied law and is a lawyer.
The Boelens and Boelens Loen were a Dutch patrician family of Amsterdam. The family figured in the city's government lists between the years 1360 and 1680. They were considered to be quite an influential Amsterdam family in their time and were intensely involved in the history of their hometown. Between 1495 and 1538 the oligarchy of the so-called Boelen-Heijnen clan was at the forefront of the Amsterdam city government.
