Goubau family

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The Goubau family was an important noble family of Antwerp, many of its members are related to other important families.

In 1633 king Felipe IV of Spain granted nobility. In 1866 the last member of the family died.

The family had many important residences amongst them den Wolsack (1593) in Antwerp and Cortewalle Castle in Beveren. In Mespelare and Dendermonde they did important gift to the local church and founded the so-called Spaans hof in 1643 to Honour Aldegondis van Maubeuge. In Mortsel they resided in Ten Dorpe Castle[1]

Members

  1. Henri Goubau, knight of Calatrava.[2]

Family tree

References

  1. 1."Kasteel Ten Dorpe - Erfgoedobjecten - Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed". Inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  2. 2.Francquen, C. de (1 January 1826). "Recueil historique, généalogique, chronologique et nobiliaire des maisons et familles illustres et nobles du royaume, précédé de la généalogie historique de la maison royale des Pays-Bas Nassau-Orange". Demanet – via Google Books.