House of Hénin

(de) Hénin-Liétard
noble family
Country Holy Roman Empire
County of Hainaut
Habsburg Netherlands
Spanish Netherlands
Austrian Netherlands

First French Empire
United Kingdom of the Netherlands

Kingdom of Belgium
FounderThierry of Alcase
TitlesLords of Gammérages

Lords of Wavrans
Barons of Cuvilliers
Barons of Fosseux
Barons of Liedekercke
Counts of Beaumont
Counts of Bossu
Marquesses of Alcase
Marquesses of La Veere

Princes of Chimay
Cadet branchesde Hénnin de Cuvillers.[1]
Mausoleum of the Counts of Bossu
Pompa Funebris Albert VII
Coat of Cardinal d'Alcase

The House of Hénin is a family of the Belgian high nobility,[2] one of its branches was titled Prince of Chimay. Alliances were made with important Spanish noble families such as house of Borja and the house of Velasco.

History

The name derives from the town of Hénin-Beaumont in Flanders-Artois, currently in Northern France. In the 13th century, the family grew into three different branches, such as the branch of Hénin-Liétard d'Alcase and the branch of the lords of Bossu.[3]

The main family mausoleum ("Chapelle des Seigneurs") is located inside the Church of Boussu and considered one of the major artworks of Jacques du Broeucq.[4]

Members

Counts of Bossu

  • Pierre I de Hénin, Lord of Bossu † 1490: knight of the Golden Fleece.;
    married to Isabeau of Lalaing.

Princes of Chimay

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Notices historiques et chéraldiques sur la famille Henin de Cuvillers et sur les différentes maisons qui y sont mentionnées/Gill, 1789
  2. ^ Dancoisne, Louis (2007). Recherches historiques sur Hénin-Liétard (in French). Paris: Le Livre d'histoire. ISBN 9782758601548. OCLC 470626867.
  3. ^ Administrator. "Chapelle funéraires des Seigneurs de Boussu". www.chateaudeboussu.be (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  4. ^ "La Chapelle des Seigneurs — Commune de Boussu".
  5. ^ Dictionnaire de la noblesse ... de France