House of Steenweeghs

Steenweeghs
Place of origin	Brussels

The Leuven Gate in 1612

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

The House of Steenweeghs was charged in 1383 with the defence of the Leuven Gate, and was assisted as of 1422 by the Nation of St John.

Escutcheon

Gules (Brussels), five escallops in a cross.

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.

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.