Bornem Castle

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Bornem Castle

Bornem Castle, also known as the Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde Castle (Dutch : Kasteel van Bornem, or Kasteel Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde), is a country house, formerly a castle, located in Bornem, province of Antwerp, Belgium. Bornem Castle is situated at an elevation of 1 [1] meters.

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History

The building stands on the Oude Schelde, a tributary of the Scheldt. The earliest fortification on the site was of the 10th or 11th centuries and was intended to defend against the incursions of the Vikings. A manor house was built on the foundations of the older building in 1587 by the Spanish nobleman Pedro Coloma, Baron of Bornhem and lord of Bobadilla, a follower of Alexander Farnese. [2] The property was afterwards leased by the family de Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde, who became the outright owners in 1773.

The present house was built on the same site at the end of the 19th century to plans by Hendrik Beyaert, after the remains of the 16th-century building had been demolished. It remains in ownership of the house Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde, the current resident is John de Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde, 14th Count of Bornem.

List of Chatelains

House of Coloma

  1. Pedro Coloma, Baron of Bornhem
  2. Alexandre Coloma, second baron of Bornhem
  3. Pierre Coloma, Viscount of Dourlens, third baron of Bornhem
  4. Jean-François Coloma, fourth baron and (1658) 1st Count of Bornhem
  5. François-Claude Coloma, 2nd Count of Bornhem
  6. Charles-Joseph-François Coloma, 3rd Count of Bornhem, died 1724
  7. Marie-Florence Coloma, 4th Countess of Bornhem
  8. Aldegonde-Eleonore de Lannoy; Lady of Bornem: marr. Baudry-Adelbert de Marnix.

House of Marnix

PeriodTitleName
1773-17807th Count of BornemClaude-François de Marnix
1780-18328th Count of BornemCharles-Ghislain, Count de Marnix
1832-18619th Count of BornemLouis-Joseph, Count de Marnix
1861-189110th Count of BornemVictor de Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde
1891-191311th Count of BornemFerdinand de Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde
1913-196312th Count of BornemJohn I de Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde
1963-196813th Count of BornemAdrien de Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde
1968-14th Count of BornemJohn II de Marnix de Sainte-Aldegonde

See also

Sources

  1. elevationmap.net. "Kasteelstraat 2880 Bornem Belgium on the Elevation Map. Topographic Map of Kasteelstraat 2880 Bornem Belgium". elevationmap.net. Archived from the original on 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
  2. Dardel, Pierre (1968). "Généalogie de la famille Pouchet". Annales de Normandie. 18 (1): 101–108. doi:10.3406/annor.1968.6387. ISSN   0003-4134.

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