The Van Renesse family is an old Dutch noble family and cadet branch of the Van Voorne Family (in Dutch) that stems from the town of Renesse in Zeeland.
| Van (de) Renesse | |
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| noble family | |
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| Country | |
| Titles | Lords of Renesse Lords of Everingen Lords of Baarland Lords of Rhijnauwen Lords of Gaesbeecq Lords of Elderen Counts of Warfusée Viscounts of Montignies |
| Estate(s) | Renesse Castle Castle of Warfusée Castle Ellewoutsdijk Castle Hellenburg |
| Cadet branches | Renesse-Warfusée(+) Renesse-Breidbach (+) |
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History edit
The eldest documented ancestor of the family is Jan, Heer (feudal baron) van Renesse (1267-1295), son of Costijn van Voorne, 1st Heer van Zierikzee.[1] The Netherlands branch ended in 1855; the Belgian branch, Van Renesse van Elderen, resides in 'S-Herenelderen Castle (1540-present).[2]
Heraldry edit
The Renesse coat of arms is depicted in the medieval Gelre Armorial (folio 84r).[3]
Members edit
- John III, Lord of Renesse
- Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (1836-1904), Belgian writer and entrepreneur.
Lords of Warfusée edit
- Jean VIII of Renesse, Lord of Warfusée (1505-1549);
married to Isabelle of Nassau; daughter of Henry III of Nassau-Breda.[4]- René de Renesse, 1st Count of Warfusée,
- Alexander de Renesse, Count of warfusée, Lord of Gaesbeecq.
- Florence-Marguerite de Renesse-Warfusée
- René de Renesse, 1st Count of Warfusée,
- Frederik I of Renesse, born 1470 : Lord of Oostmalle;
Married Anne of Halmale, Lady of Elderen and Warfusée. - Frederik II of Renesse, Lord of Elderen
- René III of Renesse, lord of Elderen; married to Catherin d'Arkel.
- Claire de Renesse: married to Philippe II of Hornes, Lord of Bassignies : Imperial Lord Chamberlain.
Sources edit
- Nederland's Adelsboek, 2004–2005, p. 153-165.
- Oscar COOMANS DE BRACHÈNE, État présent de la noblesse belge, Annuaire 1997, Brussel, 1997.
- Jean-François HOUTART, Anciennes familles de Belgique. Bruxelles, Office généalogique et héraldique de Belgique, 2008, p. 52.
References edit
- ^ Tombe, Jacob Willem (1897). Het geslacht Van Renesse, van den oorsprong tot 1430 (in Dutch). p. 115.
- ^ Etat présent de la noblesse belge / 2009 p 352
- ^ [1]|Gelre Armorial folio 84r.
- ^ Corneille Stroobant, Notice historique et généalogique sur les seigneurs de Tyberchamps (1851)
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