| Beyens de Grambais | |
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| noble family | |
| Country |  Netherlands  Belgium |
Beyens de Grambais is a Dutch-Belgian family of nobility, with a branch settling in the Southern Netherlands in the early 17th century.
| Beyens de Grambais | |
|---|---|
| noble family | |
| Country | Netherlands Belgium |
Beyens de Grambais is a Dutch-Belgian family of nobility, with a branch settling in the Southern Netherlands in the early 17th century.
The Beyens family originates in the North Brabant in the Netherlands.
The Family Beyens had then as weapons: Of silver to the Lion of azure, lampassé, lit and armed with gold, with the tail forked and passed in saltire. This ecu is reproduced on the funeral coat of arms of Jean van de Velde, Councillor of 's-Hertogenbosch, deceased in 1644.
VII. François Beyens, lord of Grambais, general collector for the Rhine and the Lower Lip and Commissioner for the renewal of horses for His Majesty., [1] ennobled by Philip IV in 1647., [2] son of Pierre Beyens and Elisabeth de Magistris (see VI), born in Amsterdam 13 December 1610, died in 1670., [3] married Anna Cornelia de Maillot, [4] daughter of Jacques Maillot of Bouret, lord of Houvigneul [5] and Artois and of Suzanne del Plano. They had five children:
Children:
IX. Michel Joseph de Beyens, [13] lord of Grambais, Houvigneul etc. married first with Françoise de Godin, daughter of Jacques François de Godin and Marie Waelhem, lady of Terborcht; married secondly with Marie Louise Philippine baronne von Bonninghausen, daughter of Jasper Lothier von Bonninghausen.
Before his marriage Joseph Michel Beyens was a monk under the name of Brother Joseph Beyens [14] in the Abbey of Orival but did cancel his vows by the ecclesiastical court. He had joined in 1693 as a monk the Abbey of Orival. His vows were declared invalid in 1715 by sentence of the ecclesiastical court. Wanting to regain possession of his property, including the lordship of Grambais, he filed a lawsuit in the same year against the Marquis Ambroise Joseph de Herzelle to recover the lordship of Grambais. (Michael) Joseph Beyens, declared that his stepmother Maximilienne Philippine Godelive of Ghistelles forced him to be religious, in order to get a will before his profession and ceded his property in favour of her children. An agreement was reached between the two parties on 7 March 1720. Indeed, Ambroise Joseph de Herzelles agreed to sell the manor of Grambais to Joseph Beyens against repayment of the amount paid by Guillaume-Philippe de Herzelles to acquire this land in 1693. [15]
They had 4 children:
VII bis: Frédéric van Beyens, knight, son of Pierre and Élisabeth de Magistris (see onder VI), born 6 Mai 1618 in Bois-le-Duc, died before 1691, was a councillor in the Brabant Chamber of Accounts, [19] married Catharina van Worcom, Lady of Goedenrath and Vogelsang, daughter of Godefroy van Worcom, esquire, and of Marie de Cocq van Haeften. They had:
VIII. Louis van Beyens, died 24 April 1712, married Jeanne Catherine de Witte van Limminghe. Only one child:
IX. Marie Catharine van Beyens, died in 1712, married Godefroy, baron van Balen, called d'Homborg, without any descent.
In the course of the 18th century the last male of the family died.
In the early years of the 19th century, the family became totally extinct at the death of Marie Benoîte de Beyens de Grandbais.
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