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The House of Spoelberch is an old Belgian noble house, they are titled Viscount de Spoelberch. The family is legally recognised as being part of the nobility of the Belgian kingdom.
The genealogy of this family can be traced back to an act of 19 April 1535, though they claim to have had the status of nobility since the late 14th century. This act mentions Willem Spoelberchs as the husband of Catherina van Hoegaerde, and as being the son of Wouter Spoelberchs. [1] [2]
In 1828 Jean-Charles-Laurent-Joseph de Spoelberch de la Bawette inherited the Kasteel Drie Torens (Three Towers Castle) in Londerzeel. [3] Another castle obtained by marriage is in Wespelaar.
Today this noble house is one of the wealthiest families of the kingdom; their private fortune is an estimated €14 billion. [4]
André de Spoelberch, who died in 2017, was among the twenty wealthiest Belgians until his death. [5]
John Baptiste III Louis Charles, Viscount de Spoelberch ,
married to Henrietta Countess de Brouchoven de Bergeyck.
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