Walter of Ghent (de Gand dit Villain) (died before 1260) was the second son of Hugues I and Odette de Champagne, daughter of Odo II of Champlitte. Hugues married Lady Avezoete, daughter of Abraham and perhaps of the house of Maelstede.Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, Volume 9, Part 1, Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, M. Hayez, 1842 Although his brother inherited the lordship of Heusden and Bornhem, he received the lordship of Sint Jansteen.Auguste Havenith, Recherches historiques sur le château et la seigneurie de Heusden, autrement dite vicomté de Gand (De Backer, 1900), p. 148-149 He took the name Villain, a name synonymous with peasant or farm boy.Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, Volume 9, Part 1, Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, M. Hayez, 1842
Avezoete and Walter had a very large family. Their children included: Johannes (died before August 1262) Alexander, married Ysabeau d' Axelle Walter Sohier Isabelle, married Jean Robert Van Den Kerchove Van Ter-Varent Phillippe Williames Odine, married Henri de Westhuse Katerine
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