The House of Roodenbeke or Roodenbeke Lineage (French: Lignage Roodenbeke) is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels, along with Sleeus, Serhuyghs, Steenweeghs, Sweerts, Serroelofs, and Coudenberg.Joseph de Roovere, NPB, Le manuscrit de Roovere conservé au Fonds Général du Cabinet des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique. Filiations reconnues sous l'Ancien Régime pour l'admission aux Lignages de Bruxelles, ed. M. Paternostre de La Mairieu, avec une introduction d'Henri-Charles van Parys, Grandmetz, 2 vol., 1981-1982 (Tablettes du Brabant, Recueils X et XI).N. J. Stevens, Recueil généalogique de la famille de Cock, Brussels, 1855.Vicomte Terlinden, "Coup d'oeil sur l'histoire des lignages de Bruxelles", in Présence du passé, vol. 2, 1949.Baudouin Walckiers, PB, Filiations lignagères contemporaines, Brussels, 1999.
The Coudenberg House was charged with the defence of the Namur Gate, and was assisted as of 1422 by the Nation of St James.
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The Seven Noble Houses of Brussels
The Seven Noble Houses of Brussels (, ) were the seven families of Brussels whose descendants formed the city's patrician class, to whom special privileges were granted until the end of the Ancien Régime. Together with the Guilds of Brussels, they formed the city's bourgeoisie.
Notable people NameBirthDeathAdmittedKnown forRef.Joseph van den Leene18041754Last president of the Great Council of MechelenFrederick de Marselaer12 July 15867 November 16708 February 1613Mayor of Brussels
See also History of Brussels
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