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The House ofSweerts or Sweerts Lineage (French: Lignage Sweerts) is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels along with the Houses of: Sleeus, Serhuyghs, Steenweeghs, Coudenbergh, Serroelofs and Roodenbeke. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Sweerts House was charged with the defence of the Flanders Gate, seconded as of 1422 by the nation of Saint-Gilles.
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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.
Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at fr:Lignage Sweerts; see its history for attribution.
Henri van Dievoet was a Belgian architect.
The Seven Noble Houses of Brussels were the seven families or clans whose descendants formed the patrician class and urban aristocracy of Brussels.
Augustus Van Dievoet was a Belgian legal historian and Supreme Court advocate. His son, Jules Van Dievoet, also a Supreme Court advocate, married Marguerite Anspach (1852-1934), the daughter of Jules Anspach, who served as burgomaster of Brussels in 1863-1879.
t'Kint de Roodenbeke is a bourgeois and noble family from Belgium. They are the current owners of the Ooidonk Castle in the city of Deinze, East Flanders.
The Van Dievoetfamily is a Belgian family originating from the Duchy of Brabant. It descends from the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels and its members have been bourgeois (burgess) of that city since the 1600s. It formed, at the end of the 17th century, a now extinct noble Parisian branch called Vandive.
In Brussels, like in most European cities, one needed the capacity of bourgeois in order to not only exercise political rights, but also to practice a trade, which, in Brussels, meant to be a member of the Guilds and/or of the Seven Noble Houses. The charter of Brussels, as codified in 1570 in articles 206 and following, provided the conditions of admission to the bourgeoisie of the city. The Bourgeois were the patrician class of the city. This social class was abolished by Napoleon during the French occupation.
The Pipenpoy family (/pɪpɒ̃pwə/), is an old and influential patrician family of Brussels which exercised public functions in the capital of the Duchy of Brabant until the end of the Ancien Régime. It died in 1832 with Catherine de Pipenpoy, who was 100 years old. Several of its members have been admitted to the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels.
The Drapery Court also called the Chamber of Commerce in the 18th Century, was one of the oldest and most influential institutions of the City of Brussels during the Ancien Régime and was abolished during the French occupation of Brussels.
The House or Lineage ofCoudenbergh or Coudenberg is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels along with the Houses of: Sleeus, Serhuyghs, Steenweeghs, Sweerts, Serroelofs, and Roodenbeke.
The House or Lineage ofSerroelofs or t’Serroelofs is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels along with the Houses of: Sleeus, Serhuyghs, Steenweeghs, Sweerts, Coudenberg, and Roodenbeke.
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The House ofSleeus or Sleeus Lineage is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels along with the Houses of: Roodenbeke, Serhuyghs, Steenweeghs, Sweerts, Serroelofs, and Coudenberg.
The House ofSerhuyghs or Serhuyghs Lineage is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels along with the Houses of: Sleeus, Roodenbeke, Sweerts, Serroelofs, Steenweeghs, and Coudenberg.
The House ofSteenweeghs or Steenweeghs Lineage is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels along with the Houses of: Roodenbeke, Sleeus, Serhuyghs, Sweerts, Serroelofs, and Coudenberg.
The de Muyser Lantwyck family is an old Belgian family dating back to the beginning of the 15th century, tracing its roots to Jean Moyser, alderman of Vaelbeek, who held lands in Héverlé in 1451, censier of the Groenendael Priory, lord holding the lands and manor of Cockelberg by lease dated 19 June 1438, husband of Aleyde Crabbé.
The Poot family is a family that was admitted to the bourgeoisie of Brussels and from 1753 was registered among the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels.
Guillaume Delcourt was a Belgian Royal Navy officer, navigator, naval engineer, and maritime advisor to King Leopold II. He was one of the major players of early Belgian expansion around the world.
The Association Royale des Descendants des Lignages de Bruxelles (French) is a hereditary organization of individuals who have documented their descent from at least one member of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels.
Georges Dansaert was a Belgian lawyer, historian, poet, heraldist, genealogist, and writer from Brussels. He was a member of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels organization.