House of Sleeus

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View of Laeken gate in 1786.

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

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The Sleeus House was charged with the defence of the Laeken gate, seconded as of 1422 by the nation of Notre-Dame.

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Gules that is Brussels, a lion rampant argent.

The 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 patrician class of that city, and to whom special privileges in the government of that city were granted until the end of the Ancien Régime.

Together with the Guilds of Brussels they formed the Bourgeoisie of the city.

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Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at fr:Lignage Sleeus; see its history for attribution.

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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.