Van Cotthem family

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Van Cotthem
noble family
Blason 1 famille van Cotthem.svg
Blazon : Argent, three bends gules (or azure).
Parent family House of Sweerts
Country Coat of arms of the Duchy of Brabant.svg Duchy of Brabant
Holy Roman Empire
Place of originCoat of Arms of Brussels.svg  Brussels
Founded 14th century

The Van Cotthem family was an old patrician family of Brussels which exercised public functions in the capital of the Duchy of Brabant. Several of its members were aldermen of Brussels, and several were admitted to the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels. The family belonged to the House of Sweerts, the second of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels.

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History

The family is said to stem from Jan van Cotthem, born around 1350. He was the father of Gozewijn van Cotthem. Gozewijn married Maria van Huldenberg. They had the following offspring: Gillis van Cotthem, alderman of Brussels from 1446 until 1465. He married Maria van Dyoen, who became a widow in 1479. The inheritance was finally divided in 1495. The sister of Gillis, Johanna van Cotthem, married Willem van Buyseghem. She lost her husband in 1406 and remarried to Frank van den Heede. Willem van Cotthem, the son of Gillis and Maria van Dyoen, was alderman of Brussels (having been admitted to the Sweerts). [1]

Wein van Cotthem, a member of the family, was a chronicler best known for writing book six and seven of the Brabantsche Yeesten . Later, he also became canon of St. Vincent's Church (Sint-Vincentiuskerk) in Zinnik. [2] [3] He was probably both canon and chaplain. [3] [4]

It is possible that Wein secured the commission of the Brabantsche Yeesten from Petrus de Thimo thanks to his family that, like de Thimo's, was closely intertwined with Brussels administrative life. [3]

The family belonged to the second of the seven noble houses of Brussels, the Sweerts, and several members held the office of alderman of Brussels. [3]

Genealogy

Jan van Cotthem(1350–?)

Chronological list of van Cotthem admitted to the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels

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References

  1. Brabant (Belgium). Service de recherches historiques et folkloriques (1936). De Brabantse folklore Volume 16 (in Dutch). pp. 107–113.
  2. Sleiderink, Remco (1995). '[Recensie van Stein 1994]' (in Dutch). Spiegel der Letteren. pp. 65–68.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Houthuys, Astrid (2009). Middeleeuws kladwerk: de autograaf van de Brabantsche yeesten, boek VI (vijftiende eeuw) (in Dutch). Verloeren. pp. 47–50.
  4. Van Cotthem, André; Van Cotthem, Jean (2003). 1000 jaar Van Cotthem uitgebreide genealogie van de familie van Cotthem 964 tot 2000 (in Dutch). pp. 101–290.