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List of noble families in Belgium, the Glossary

A list of noble families in Modern Belgium with additions of former houses.^[1]

73 relations: Albert De Vleeschauwer, Alexandre Gendebien, Arrazola de Oñate, Auguste, Baron Lambermont, Écuyer, Émile van Dievoet, Baron, Beaufort-Spontin, Belgian nobility, Beyens (Belgian family), Carpentier family, Charles de Broqueville, Christian de Duve, Coart family, Coat of arms, Colruyt family, Count, Count Harmel, Czetwertyński family, D'Udekem, De Borchgrave d'Altena, De Lalaing family, De Witte family, Derrick Gosselin, Duke, Eddy Merckx, Florence Descampe, Goblet d'Alviella family, House of Arenberg, House of Croÿ, House of Lannoy, House of Limburg-Stirum, House of Looz-Corswarem, House of Merode, House of Spoelberch, House van de Werve, House van der Noot, Imperiali family, Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, Jolly family, Jonkheer, Jules Jacques de Dixmude, Knight, Le Grelle family, Lobkowicz family, Marquess, Marquess of Assche, Marquess of Trazegnies d'Ittre, Maurice Lippens (politician), Meeûs d'Argenteuil family, ... Expand index (23 more) »
Lists of Belgian nobility

Albert De Vleeschauwer

Albert De Vleeschauwer, later Baron Albert De Vleeschauwer van Braekel, (1 January 1897, in Nederbrakel – 24 February 1971, in Kortenberg) was a Belgian politician of the Catholic Party.

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Alexandre Gendebien

Alexandre Joseph Célestin Gendebien (Mons, 4 May 1789 – Brussels, 6 December 1869) was a lawyer in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and later Belgium, where he also became minister of Justice.

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Arrazola de Oñate

Arrazola de Oñate (also written as de Arrazola Oñate) is a Belgian noble family, stemming from the Arrazola family in the city of Oñate in the Basque Country.

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Auguste, Baron Lambermont

François Auguste, Baron Lambermont (25 March 1819 in Dion-le-Val, Brabant7 March 1905), was a Belgian statesman.

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Écuyer

Écuyer or Ecuyer is a French surname.

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Émile van Dievoet

Josse-Émile van Dievoet (10 June 1886 – 24 June 1967) was a Flemish politician and lawyer.

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Baron

Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical.

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Beaufort-Spontin

The House of Beaufort-Spontin is a noble family which held prominent posts under the Holy Roman Emperors in the Austrian Netherlands, their family seat having originally been in Namur.

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Belgian nobility

The Belgian nobility comprises Belgian individuals or families recognized as noble with or without a title of nobility in the Kingdom of Belgium.

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Beyens (Belgian family)

Beyens is a Belgian family of lawyers and diplomats, originating from Nazareth near Deinze and admitted into the Belgian nobility in 1851.

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Carpentier family

The Carpentier family is a family of French origins.

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Charles de Broqueville

Charles, 1st Count de Broqueville (4 December 1860 – 5 September 1940) was the prime minister of Belgium, serving during World War I.

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Christian de Duve

Christian René Marie Joseph, Viscount de Duve (2 October 1917 – 4 May 2013) was a Nobel Prize-winning Belgian cytologist and biochemist.

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Coart family

The Coart family is a Belgian noble family from the Prince-Bishopric of Liège whose proven ancestry dates to 1661.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments).

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Colruyt family

The Colruyt family is a Belgian noble family, belonging to the wealthiest noble houses of Belgium.

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Count

Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility.

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Count Harmel

Count of Harmel is a title of nobility of the Kingdom of Belgium.

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The House of Czetwertyński or Chetvertynsky (also Czetwertyński-Światopełk and Sviatopolk-Chetvertynsky) is a Polish princely family of Ruthenian origin that was founded in modern-day Volhynia within the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, now Ukraine.

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D'Udekem

The House d'Udekem is the name of a noble family that has belonged to the nobility of Belgium since 1816.

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De Borchgrave d'Altena

The de Borchgrave d'Altena is the name of the Dutch and Belgian noble family from 's-Hertogenbosch and the County of Flanders.

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De Lalaing family

The de Lalaing family is a noble family from the south of Flanders (Lallaing is currently in France) which played an important role in the history of the County of Hainaut and of the Netherlands.

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De Witte family

The de Witte family is a Belgian noble family originating from the city of Antwerp.

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Derrick Gosselin

Derrick-Philippe, Baron Gosselin (1956) is a Belgian engineer and economist.

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Duke

Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility.

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Eddy Merckx

Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist racer who is the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling.

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Florence Descampe

Florence Descampe (born 1 September 1969) is a veteran professional golfer from Brussels, Belgium who played on the United States-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.

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Goblet d'Alviella family

The Goblet d'Alviella family is an old family from Tournai and originally from the high Portuguese nobility dating back to 1668, it has been recognised in the Belgian nobility.

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House of Arenberg

The House of Arenberg is an aristocratic lineage that is constituted by three successive families that took their name from Arenberg, a small territory of the Holy Roman Empire in the Eifel region.

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House of Croÿ

The House of Croÿ is an old European noble family of princely and historically sovereign rank, which held a seat in the Imperial Diet from 1486, and was elevated to the rank of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1594.

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House of Lannoy

The House of Lannoy is the name of an old and important Belgian noble family that takes its name from the town of Lannoy in northern France.

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House of Limburg-Stirum

The House of Limburg-Stirum (or Limburg-Styrum), which adopted its name in the 12th century from the immediate county of Limburg an der Lenne in what is now Germany, is one of the oldest families in Europe.

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House of Looz-Corswarem

The House of Looz-Corswarem is a Belgian ducal family belonging to the Belgian nobility.

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House of Merode

The House of Merode is one of the most prominent families of the Belgian nobility.

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House of Spoelberch

The House of Spoelberch is an important Belgian noble house. List of noble families in Belgium and house of Spoelberch are Lists of Belgian nobility.

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House van de Werve

The Van de Werve family is one of the oldest Belgian noble families from Antwerp that is still in existence. List of noble families in Belgium and House van de Werve are Lists of Belgian nobility.

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House van der Noot

The Van der Noot family is a Belgian noble family.

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Imperiali family

The Imperiali (or Imperiale) family is a princely noble family.

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Jean-Baptiste Nothomb

Jean-Baptiste, Baron Nothomb (3 July 1805 – 16 September 1881) was a Belgian statesman and diplomat, who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1841 to 1845.

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Jolly family

The Jolly family is a Belgian noble family originally from London whose proven male-line parentage dates back to 1799.

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Jonkheer

Jonkheer (female equivalent: jonkvrouw; Écuyer in the masculine only; jonkvrouw is used in the feminine, even in French; Squire) is an honorific in the Low Countries denoting the lowest rank within the nobility.

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Jules Jacques de Dixmude

Lieutenant-general Baron Jules-Marie-Alphonse Jacques de Dixmude (24 February 1858 – 24 November 1928), often known as General Jacques, was a Belgian military figure of World War I and colonial advocate.

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Knight

A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.

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Le Grelle family

The Le Grelle family is a family of imperial, Dutch, Papal, and Belgian nobility.

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Lobkowicz family

The House of Lobkowicz (Lobkovicové in modern Czech, sg. z Lobkovic; Lobkowitz in German) is an important Bohemian noble family that dates back to the 14th century and is one of the oldest noble families of the region.

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Marquess

A marquess (marquis) is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies.

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Marquess of Assche

Marquess of Assche is a title belonging to the Belgian nobility, Assche is the old writing of the city of Asse. List of noble families in Belgium and Marquess of Assche are Lists of Belgian nobility.

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Marquess of Trazegnies d'Ittre

The Marquess of Trazegnies d'Ittre (Markies van Trazegnies or marquis de Trazegnies) is a member of the Belgian nobility.

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Maurice Lippens (politician)

Maurice Auguste Count Lippens (21 August 1875 – 12 July 1956) was a noble Belgian businessman, politician, and colonial civil servant and lawyer.

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Meeûs d'Argenteuil family

The de Meeûs family, formerly Meeûs, is a bourgeois of Brussels family that was ennobled by Leopold I.

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Parthon de Von family

The Parthon de Von family is a Belgian noble family stemming from Châteauroux in France.

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Paul Buysse

Paul Henri Maria, Count Buysse, CMG, CBE (17 March 1945 – 30 December 2023) was a Belgian businessman.

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Paul Janssen

Paul Adriaan Jan, Baron Janssen (12 September 1926 – 11 November 2003) was a Belgian physician.

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Pierre Deligne

Pierre René, Viscount Deligne (born 3 October 1944) is a Belgian mathematician.

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Pierre Ryckmans (governor-general)

Pierre Ryckmans (23 November 1891 – 18 February 1959), was a Belgian civil servant who served as Governor-General of Belgium's principal African colony, the Belgian Congo, between 1934 and 1946.

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Prince

A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family.

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Prince de Chimay

Prince of Chimay is a title of Belgian and Dutch nobility associated with the town of Chimay in what is now Belgium. List of noble families in Belgium and Prince de Chimay are Lists of Belgian nobility.

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Prince of Ligne

Prince of Ligne is a title of Belgian nobility that belongs to the House of Ligne, which goes back to the eleventh century.

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Prince of Waterloo

Prince of Waterloo (Dutch: Prins van Waterloo, French: Prince de Waterloo) is a title in the Dutch and Belgian nobility, held by the Duke of Wellington.

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Princess Delphine of Belgium

Princess Delphine of Belgium (Delphine Michèle Anne Marie Ghislaine de Saxe-Cobourg; born 22 February 1968), known previously as Jonkvrouw Delphine Boël, is a Belgian artist and member of the Belgian royal family.

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Prosper Poullet

Prosper Antoine Marie Joseph, Viscount Poullet (5 March 1868 – 3 December 1937) was a Belgian politician.

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Snoy

The Snoy family or Snoy d'Oppuers currently Snoy et d'Oppuers, is a Belgian noble family. List of noble families in Belgium and Snoy are Lists of Belgian nobility.

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Southern Netherlands

The Southern Netherlands, also called the Catholic Netherlands, were the parts of the Low Countries belonging to the Holy Roman Empire which were at first largely controlled by Habsburg Spain (Spanish Netherlands, 1556–1714) and later by the Austrian Habsburgs (Austrian Netherlands, 1714–1794) until occupied and annexed by Revolutionary France (1794–1815).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_noble_families_in_Belgium

Also known as Marie de Liedekerke Beaufort.

, Parthon de Von family, Paul Buysse, Paul Janssen, Pierre Deligne, Pierre Ryckmans (governor-general), Prince, Prince de Chimay, Prince of Ligne, Prince of Waterloo, Princess Delphine of Belgium, Prosper Poullet, Snoy, Southern Netherlands, Terlinden, Thierry de Gruben, Ursel family, Van de Werve, Van den Eynde (family), Van Eetvelde, Van Voorst tot Voorst, Vilain XIIII, Viscount, Wittouck family.

List of noble families in Belgium, the Glossary

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Lists of Belgian nobility

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