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(de) Glymes de Glymes-Berghes | |
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Country | Spanish Netherlands |
Founder | Jan Cordeken, Lord of Glymes |
Titles | Lords of Glymes Lords of Bergen-op-Zoom Lords of la Falize Princes of Grimberghen |
Estate(s) | Grimberghen Castle La Falize Castle Feluy Castle Walhain Castle |
Cadet branches | Glymes-Brabant (+) Glymes-Hollebecque (+) |
The House of Glymes was an old Belgian noble family, an illegitimate branch of the House of Reginarid, which ruled the Duchy of Brabant. Glymes or Glimes is a municipality of Incourt. Their descendants of the branch of Grimberghen are styled as the Prince de Grimberghen.
The house was founded by Jan Cordeken, [1] Lord of Glymes, illegitimate son of John II, Duke of Brabant. It was legitimized by Emperor Louis IV. [2] John I obtained Bergen by marriage to Joanne of Boutersem. The house died out when the descendants of Henri Nicolas de Glymes de Hollebecque (1755–-1813) died without heirs.
The oldest generations called themselves in French de Glymes or in Dutch van Glimes. The younger branch of the Lords, Counts and Princes of Grimbergen called themselves in French de Berghes. [3] [4]
The family had many important possessions: since 1559 they were the Margraves of Bergen op Zoom, in French Berghes-sur-le-Zoom. Other notable possessions are: Florennes, Glimes, Grimberghen, Zevenkercke, Bierbais, Opprebais, Walhain, la Falize, ...
There were several canons, abbesses and three bishops of Cambrai, a bishop of Antwerp and Prince-Bishop of Liege amongst the clergy of this family.
This branch inherited by marriage La Falize Castle. The descendants of Antoine of Glymes, Lord of Limettes and his 3rd wife Anne of Hosden, Lady of La Falize are named Glymes-Brabant. [5] Their descendants moved to Spain, and made a successful career at the Spanish court; amongst them Honoré-Ignace de Glymes-Brabant who was in 1765 Viceroy of Navarra.
Antoine of Glymes; married to Anne, Lady of La Falize.
Godefroi de Glymes, 1st Count of Grimberghen named de Berghes, died 1635 was the son of Gerard:
married to Horonina of Hornes, Lady of Arquennes . [7]
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