The Poot family is a family that was admitted to the bourgeoisie of Brussels and from 1753 was registered among the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels.François Schoonjans, "Héraldique des familles lignagères La famille Poot", Bulletin trimestriel des Lignages de Bruxelles, 69, Jan.-Mar. 1977.
The seven noble houses of Brussels The Seven Noble Houses of Brussels (, ) were the seven families of Brussels whose descendants formed the patrician class of that city, and to whom special privileges in the government of that city were granted until the end of the Ancien Régime.
The house from which the family descends: House of Sweerts
Heraldry
Bibliography
Jean-François Houtart, OGHB, Anciennes familles de Belgique, 2008, p. 397 François met den Ancxt, Poot Baudier, in Recueil nobiliaire belge, volume I, 1911, p. 151.
Authority Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at :fr:Famille Poot; see its history for attribution.
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