Van Renesse

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Van (de) Renesse
noble family
Country
Holy Roman Empire
County of Zeeland
Dutch Republic
Batavian Republic
Kingdom of Holland
First French Empire
Sovereign Principality of the United Netherlands
United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Belgium
TitlesLords of Renesse
Lords of Everingen
Lords of Baarland
Lords of Rhijnauwen
Lords of Gaesbeecq
Lords of Elderen
Counts of Warfusée
Viscounts of Montignies
Estate(s)Renesse Castle
Castle of Warfusée
Castle Ellewoutsdijk
Castle Hellenburg
Cadet branchesRenesse-Warfusée(+)
Renesse-Breidbach (+)

The Van Renesse family is an old Dutch noble family and cadet branch of the Van Voorne Family (in Dutch) that stems from the town of Renesse in Zeeland.

History

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The eldest documented ancestor of the family is Jan, Heer (feudal baron) van Renesse (1267-1295), son of Costijn van Voorne, 1st Heer van Zierikzee.[1] The Netherlands branch ended in 1855; the Belgian branch, Van Renesse van Elderen, resides in 'S-Herenelderen Castle (1540-present).[2]

Heraldry

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The Renesse coat of arms is depicted in the medieval Gelre Armorial (folio 84r).[3]

Members

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Lords of Warfusée

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Sources

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  • Nederland's Adelsboek, 2004–2005, p. 153-165.
  • Oscar COOMANS DE BRACHÈNE, État présent de la noblesse belge, Annuaire 1997, Brussel, 1997.
  • Jean-François HOUTART, Anciennes familles de Belgique. Bruxelles, Office généalogique et héraldique de Belgique, 2008, p. 52.

References

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  1. ^ Tombe, Jacob Willem (1897). Het geslacht Van Renesse, van den oorsprong tot 1430 (in Dutch). p. 115.
  2. ^ Etat présent de la noblesse belge / 2009 p 352
  3. ^ [1]|Gelre Armorial folio 84r.
  4. ^ Corneille Stroobant, Notice historique et généalogique sur les seigneurs de Tyberchamps (1851)