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Goubau family

The Goubau family was an important noble family of Antwerp, many of its members are related to other important families.

Goubau
noble family
Country Spanish Netherlands
Austrian Netherlands
TitlesLord of Mespelaere
Lord of Triest
Lord of Saint-Fontaine
Lord of Ghysegem
Estate(s)Cortewalle Castle
Cadet branchesGoubau d'Hovorst
Cortewalle Castle, Beveren.
Alexander IV Goubau, and John V Cornelis Goubau as Children, painted by Justus van Egmont in 1663.
Alexander I Goubau and his wife, painted by Rubens

In 1633 king Felipe IV of Spain granted nobility. In 1866 the last member of the family died.

The family had many important residences amongst them den Wolsack (1593) in Antwerp and Cortewalle Castle in Beveren. In Mespelare and Dendermonde they did important gift to the local church and founded the so-called Spaans hof in 1643 to Honour Aldegondis van Maubeuge. In Mortsel they resided in Ten Dorpe Castle[1]

Members edit

  1. Henri Goubau, knight of Calatrava.[2]
    1. Joannes I Goubau, Lord of Saint-Fontaine, (1503-1581):[3] marr. Joanne Cossiers[4] in 1534, daughter of Joannes Cossiers or Cosserie and Barbe Schetz.
      1. Joannes II Goubau, marr. Joanna Stayaerts.
      2. Henricus Goubau
      3. Jacobus Goubau, marr. Catharine Maynaert.
      4. Joanna Goubau, died 1575.
      5. Gaspar Goubau
      6. Antonius Goubau
      7. Alexander I Goubau, (1540-1614): Grand Aumonier of Antwerp, buried in the cathedral.
        1. Anna Goubau, (1568-)
        2. Alexander II Goubau (1571-)
        3. Maria Goubau, (1573-)
        4. Joannes III Goubau, Lord of Ghysegem, (1575-1645): Grand Aumonier of Antwerp, Knighted in 1633. Marr. Magd. Vecquemans.
          1. Alexander III Goubau, Lord of Ghysegem, (1598-1668), knighted 1648, Mayor of Antwerp, Grand Aumonier of Antwerp, 1629. marr. Anna Doncker.
            1. Joannes IV Goubau, Lord of Ghysegem, (1630-) : knighted 1655, marr Marie Cornelie crook.
              1. Alexander IV Goubau, Lord of Mespelaere, (1658-1712): Grand Aumonier of Antwerp, Marr. in 1690 Maria Catharina Rubens, granddaughter of Nicolaas Rubens, Lord of Rameyen.
                1. Georges Alexander Goubau, Lord of Mespelaere (1697-1760) : marr. Maria Bosschaert.
              2. Joannes V Cornelis Goubau, (1660-1702), Grand Aumonier of Antwerp in 1689: marr. Susanne van Colen.
          2. François Goubau, Lord of Triest, (1611-1647) : marr. Isabella vanden Broecke.
            1. Joannes VI Frans Goubau, Lord of Triest, (1646-1683), Lord of Beveren, knighted on 10 April 1679 by Charles II: Marr. Margaretha-Catharina Gerardi.
              1. Peter Frans Goubau, (1680-1749): marr. Maria Lucretia Bernaerts.
                1. Charles Henri Goubau, (1708-1776): councillor of the Great Council of Mechelen, marr. Regina de Villegas (1722-1794 .
                  1. Melchior Joseph François Ghislain Goubau, (1757-1836): councillor of the Great Council of Mechelen, marr. Marie-Jeanne de Villegas de Pellenberg.
                  2. Emmanuel Goubau, (1760-1828), marr. Maria Isabella de Brouchoven de Bergeyck (1773-1819).
                  3. Eugène Joseph Goubau, (1761-1831): Lord mayor of the Brugse Vrije.

Family tree edit

Henri Goubau
Joannes I Goubau
(1503-1581)		Joanna Cossiers
Joannes II GoubauHenricus GoubauJacobus GoubauJoanna GoubauGaspar GoubauAntonius GoubauAlexander I Goubau
Anna GoubauAlexander II GoubauMaria GoubauJoannes III GoubauMagdalene Vecquemans
Alexander III GoubauAnna DonckerIsabella vanden BroeckeFrançois Goubau
Joannes IV GoubauMarie CornelieMargaretha-Catharina GerardiJoannes VI Frans Goubau
Maria Catharina RubensAlexander IV GoubauJoannes V Cornelis GoubauMaria Lucretia BernaertsPeter Frans Goubau
Georges Alexander GoubauRegina de VillegasCharles Henri Goubau
Maria Isabella de Brouchoven de BergeyckEmmanuel Goubau

References edit

  1. ^ "Kasteel Ten Dorpe - Erfgoedobjecten - Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed". Inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  2. ^ Francquen, C. de (1 January 1826). "Recueil historique, généalogique, chronologique et nobiliaire des maisons et familles illustres et nobles du royaume, précédé de la généalogie historique de la maison royale des Pays-Bas Nassau-Orange". Demanet – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Balat Kik-Irpa". Balat.kikirpa.be. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  4. ^ "Balat Kik-Irpa". Balat.kikirpa.be. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
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