Marquess of Assche is a title belonging to the Belgian nobility, Assche is the old writing of the city of Asse. The Margraveships still stands today and belongs to the House van der Noot. Today the current Marquess of Assche still resides in Belgium.
The first Marquess of Assche was created in 1633 for the House of Cottereau, [1] a family of French origin and belonged to the high nobility of the Duchy of Brabant. First of the line was Guillaume I de Cottereau, 1st Marquess of Assche, Baron of Jauche, Lord of Assche and Lord of Puisieux. His father John II of Cottereau, Baron of Jauche was the lord Mayor of Brussels and married to Margueritte of Wideux, Lady of Assche. He was followed by Henri Francois. The house of Cottereau kept the Margraveship for several generations until it changed to the family van der Noot, after the death of Marie Taye. The Marquess of Assche lived in Steenockerzeel Castle. [2]
Wemmel is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality only comprises the town of Wemmel proper. On January 1, 2018, Wemmel had a total population of 16,347. The total area is 8.74 km² which gives a population density of 1,870 inhabitants per km².
Henri van der Noot, in Dutch Henrik van der Noot, and popularly called Heintje van der Noot or Vader Heintje, was a jurist, lawyer and politician from Brabant. He was one of the main figures of the Brabant Revolution (1789–1790) against the Imperial rule of Joseph II. This revolution led to the short-lived existence of the United States of Belgium with himself as Prime Minister.
The Collegiate Church of St. Gertrude is a historical building in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium, which was built in the 11th century.
Édouard Delvaux was a Belgian Romantic painter. The grandson of the sculptor Laurent Delvaux and apprentice of the painter Henri Van Assche, his work mainly consisted of bucolic rural scenes from his many trips to France, Switzerland, Germany and Italy. He won silver medal at the 1836 Brussels exhibition and was director of the École de dessin at Spa.
The Château des Amerois is a 19th-century neo-gothic style castle in the Ardennes forest, south-east of Bouillon, Wallonia, Belgium. Replacing an original building destroyed by fire, the current castle was built from 1874 to 1877 for Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders.
The House of Bethune is a French noble house from the province of Artois in the north of France whose proven filiation dates back to Guillaume de Béthune who made his will in 1213. This family became extinct in 1807 with Maximilien-Alexandre de Béthune, duke of Sully.
Van der Noot is a Dutch or Flemish surname, with several variations. Van der Noot may refer to:
The House of Lalaing is a noble family from the south of Flanders which played an important role in the history of the County of Hainaut and of the Netherlands. The current family belongs to the Belgian nobility.
de Lannoy is the name of a Belgian noble family that takes its name from the French town of Lannoy, Nord. The name comes from l'Annoy which means «the alderwood» in Picard French of Flanders.
Theodore Charles Antoine van der Noot, 8th Marquess of Assche and 6th Count van der Noot was a Belgian courtier and member of high society.
John of Cottereau, baron of Jauche, sometimes Van Coutereau Lord of Assche, was the lord mayor of the City of Brussels in 1534.
The Marquess of Wemmel was a Flemish title in use during the Ancien Régime, Wemmel is a city in Flanders.
Wemmel Castle is a former aristocratic estate in the centre of Wemmel in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. It was formerly the property of the noble house of Taye.
Philips Erard van der Noot (1638–1730) was the 13th Bishop of Ghent.
The House of van der Noot is a Belgian Noble family.
Marie Josepha Taye, Countess van der Noot and Marquise of Assche and Wemmel, was a noble lady from Flanders.
Roger-Wauthier van der Noot, born 27 February 1644, was a mayor of Brussels. He became the 1st Baron of Carloo.
Lord Chamberlain of the Archduchess was a ceremonial function at the imperial court of Brussels.
Adrienne Barbanson van der Noot (1875–1944), Marquise of Assche and Wemmel, was an aristocratic patron of the arts in Belgium before and during the Second World War.