The Lalaing family is an ancient aristocratic family from the south of Flanders (Lallaing is currently in France), whose members played an important role in the history of the County of Hainaut and of the Netherlands. The current family belongs to the Belgian nobility.
History
The first known ancestor is Gerard de Forest who lived in the 11th century. Thanks to the wedding of Philipp of Lalaing, 2nd Count of Hoogstraten to Anne Countess of Renneberg, daughter of William, count of Rennenberg and Anne of Culemborg, their descendants inherited multiple important lands and titles.[1]
Family Tree
Descendants of Othon
Othon, Lord of Lalaing; Married to Yolande of Barbançon, Lady of Montigny
Descendants of the 3rd Count of Hoogstraeten
Antoine II de Lalaing, 3rd Count of Hoogstraeten(1533–1568) Married to Eleonore de Montmorency
Viscounts of Audenaerde
This legitimated branch of the family descends from Antoine I de Lalaing. They resided between the 15th and 17th century in the House of Lalaing, Oudenaarde. It is believed to be the birthplace of Margaret of Parma.[2]
Philip de Lalaing, Lord of La Mouillerie married to Florentia Rechem, Lady of Audenaerde.[3]
Counts of Lalaing-Thildoncq
Maximilien I Joseph, count de Lalaing, 10th Viscount of Audenaerde (+1756); married to Marie-Catherine de Larchier, Countess of Thildoncq[4]
Current head branch
The current family moved back to Belgium.
Charles Maximilien Count de Lalaing (1857-1919); diplomat.
References
- 1.Trophées tant sacrés que profanes du duché de Brabant, Volume 2 / Christophe Butkens p. 150
- 2."Huis de Lalaing | Stad Oudenaarde". Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- 3.Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, l'histoire & la ... / Franc̜ois Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye-Desbois
- 4.Notice historique & généalogique sur la vicomté d'Audenarde /Désiré-Joseph Vander Meersch