House of Serhuyghs

The House of Serhuyghs or Serhuyghs Lineage (French: Lignage Serhuyghs) is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels, along with Sleeus, Roodenbeke, Sweerts, Serroelofs, Steenweeghs, 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 Serhuyghs House was charged with the defence of the Halle Gate, and was assisted as of 1422 by the Nation of St Lawrence.

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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.Goswin de Fierlant12 August 165416 February 174213 June 1678First King of Arms of the Spanish Netherlands, and the Duchy of BurgundyRené Goffin, « Généalogie des rois d'armes Van den Leene », in : Annuaire de la noblesse belge, Brussels, 1946-1950.

See also History of Brussels

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