van Waesberghe family

The van Waesberghe family is a historic Belgian noble family that originated from the ancient lords of Waesberghe, a hamlet in Maria-Lierde. The family distinguished itself in the magistracy of Grammont (Geraardsbergen) and held the principality of Gavre and the seigniory of Maria-Lierde in its clientele. Since the time of Gui-Dampierre in 1279, the family was counted among the nobility of Flanders for its numerous and loyal services rendered in war and peace. Their coat of arms appears on a seal from 1280, and in 1730, Richard de Grez and Jean-Joseph d'Hatrival, heralds of the Duchy of Brabant, issued to the descendants of Pierre van Waesberghe an attestation of filiation and arms, confirming the family's antiquity and lineage back to Gilles van Waesberghe in the 14th century. In the 16th century, the family divided into three main branches: the Ghent branch (also in Eeklo and Hulst), which produced a burgomaster of Eeklo and eleven physicians, and from which Julien van Waesberghe and the Art Nouveau architect Armand Van Waesberghe descended; the Grammont branch, which gave a lord of Hundelgem and to which Pierre van Waesberghe (d. 1613) belonged; and the Rotterdam branch, established in Holland for religious reasons, allied notably with the Elzevirs and working as printers. The family's arms were recorded by Philippe de l'Espinoy in 1632. Notable members include Jan van Waesberghe (c. 1528–1590), a printer in Antwerp and Rotterdam; Jan II van Waesberghe (1556–1626); and Armand Van Waesberghe (1879–1949), a Brussels architect and adherent of Art Nouveau. The family has been documented in various genealogical and heraldic works, including the OGHB's Anciennes familles de Belgique (2008), which lists van Waesberghe (1524).

The van Waesberghe family is a historic Belgian noble family that originated from the ancient lords of Waesberghe, a hamlet in Maria-Lierde. The family distinguished itself in the magistracy of Grammont (Geraardsbergen) and held the principality of Gavre and the seigniory of Maria-Lierde in its clientele. Since the time of Gui-Dampierre in 1279, the family was counted among the nobility of Flanders for its numerous and loyal services rendered in war and peace. Their coat of arms appears on a seal from 1280, and in 1730, Richard de Grez and Jean-Joseph d'Hatrival, heralds of the Duchy of Brabant, issued to the descendants of Pierre van Waesberghe, brother of Adrien (1616–1687), an attestation of filiation and arms. This document confirms the family's antiquity and lineage back to Gilles van Waesberghe, living in the 14th century. In the 16th century, the family divided into three main branches from three sons of Jean van Waesberghe around 1470: the Ghent branch (also in Eeklo and Hulst), descended from the aforementioned Adrien, which produced a burgomaster of Eeklo and eleven physicians, and from which Julien van Waesberghe and the Art Nouveau architect Armand Van Waesberghe descended; the Grammont branch, which gave a lord of Hundelgem and to which Pierre van Waesberghe (d. 1613) belonged, whose armorial tombstone is embedded in the north transept wall of the Saint-Bartholomew church in Grammont; and the Rotterdam branch, established in Holland for religious reasons, allied notably with the Elzevirs and working as printers like them. As early as 1632, Philippe de l'Espinoy noted the van Waesberghe arms in his Recherches des Antiquités & Noblesse de Flandre. Several armorial obits of the van Waesberghe family once existed in various churches in Ghent (Saint-Nicholas, Poortakker, Augustins), and one was in the chapel of the castle of Elsegem; the others have disappeared. Notable members include Jan van Waesberghe (c. 1528–1590), a printer known in Antwerp and Rotterdam; Jan II van Waesberghe (1556–1626); and Armand Van Waesberghe (1879–1949), a Brussels architect and adherent of Art Nouveau. The family has been documented in various genealogical and heraldic works, including A. Ledeboer's study on the van Waesberghe printers (1859), Aug. de Portemont's work on Grammont (1870), J. Brocckaert's Inscriptions funéraires de Termonde (1896), Julien van Waesberghe's LE PARCHEMIN, Héraldique vivante, Waesberghe (van) (1975), Laurette van Waesberghe's Genealogie van de Familie van Waesberghe (1995), and Jean-François Houtart's OGHB, Anciennes familles de Belgique (2008), which lists van Waesberghe (1524).

• 2008

  Jean-François Houtart's OGHB, Anciennes familles de Belgique, lists van Waesberghe (1524).

• 1995

  Laurette van Waesberghe publishes Genealogie van de Familie van Waesberghe.

• 1975

  Julien van Waesberghe publishes LE PARCHEMIN, Héraldique vivante, Waesberghe (van).

• 1896

  J. Brocckaert publishes Inscriptions funéraires de Termonde.

• 1870

  Aug. de Portemont publishes a work on Grammont mentioning the family.

• 1859

  A. Ledeboer publishes a study on the van Waesberghe printers.

• 1730

  Richard de Grez and Jean-Joseph d'Hatrival issue an attestation of filiation and arms to the descendants of Pierre van Waesberghe.

• 1632

  Philippe de l'Espinoy notes the van Waesberghe arms in his Recherches des Antiquités & Noblesse de Flandre.

• 1613

  Death of Pierre van Waesberghe, whose armorial tombstone is in the Saint-Bartholomew church in Grammont.

• 1470

  The family divides into three main branches from three sons of Jean van Waesberghe.

• The family is counted among the nobility of Flanders since the time of Gui-Dampierre.

• The family's coat of arms appears on a seal.

1. 1Wikidata: van Waesberghe familywikidata.org
2. 2Famille van Waesberghe - Wikipédiafr.wikipedia.org