House of Sleeus

Sleeus
Place of origin	Brussels

The Laeken Gate in 1786

The House ofSleeus or Sleeus Lineage (French: Lignage Sleeus) is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels, along with Roodenbeke, Serhuyghs, Steenweeghs, Sweerts, Serroelofs, and Coudenberg. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The Sleeus House was charged with the defence of the Laeken Gate, and was assisted as of 1422 by the Nation of Our Lady.

Escutcheon

Gules that is Brussels, a lion rampant argent.

The Seven Noble Houses of Brussels

Main article: Seven Noble Houses of Brussels

The Seven Noble Houses of Brussels (French : Sept lignages de Bruxelles, Dutch : Zeven geslachten van Brussel) were the seven families of Brussels whose descendants formed the city's patrician class, to whom special privileges were granted until the end of the Ancien Régime. Together with the Guilds of Brussels, they formed the city's bourgeoisie.

Engraving

• 
• 
• 

See also

History of Brussels

References

1. Joseph de Roovere, NPB, Le manuscrit de Roovere conservé au Fonds Général du Cabinet des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique. Filiations reconnues sous l'Ancien Régime pour l'admission aux Lignages de Bruxelles, ed. M. Paternostre de La Mairieu, avec une introduction d'Henri-Charles van Parys, Grandmetz, 2 vol., 1981-1982 (Tablettes du Brabant, Recueils X et XI).
2. N. J. Stevens, Recueil généalogique de la famille de Cock, Brussels, 1855.
3. Vicomte Terlinden, "Coup d'oeil sur l'histoire des lignages de Bruxelles", in Présence du passé, vol. 2, 1949.
4. Baudouin Walckiers, PB, Filiations lignagères contemporaines, Brussels, 1999.