House of Serroelofs explained

Serroelofs
Coat Of Arms:	File:T’Serroelofs arms.svg

The House or Lineage of Serroelofs or t’Serroelofs (French: Lignage Serroelofs) is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels along with the Houses of: Sleeus, Serhuyghs, Steenweeghs, Sweerts, Coudenberg, and Roodenbeke.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The Serroelofs House was charged with the defence of the Anderlecht gate, seconded as of 1422 by the nation of Saint-Christophe.

Escutcheon

Gules that is Brussels, nine billets argent, positioned 4, 3 and 2.

The Seven Noble Houses of Brussels

See main article: Seven Noble Houses of Brussels. The Seven noble houses of Brussels (French: sept lignages de Bruxelles, Dutch; Flemish: zeven geslachten van Brussel) were the seven families of Brussels whose descendants formed the patrician class of that city, and to whom special privileges in the government of that city were granted until the end of the Ancien Régime.

Together with the Guilds of Brussels they formed the Bourgeoisie of the city.

Authority

Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at ; see its history for attribution.

See also

• Seven Noble Houses of Brussels
  • House of Sweerts
  • House of Coudenbergh
  • House of Roodenbeke
  • House of Sleeus
  • House of Serhuyghs
  • House of Steenweeghs
• Bourgeois of Brussels
• Guilds of Brussels

Notes and References

1. Joseph de Roovere, NPB, Le manuscrit de Roovere conservé au Fonds Général du Cabinet des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique. Filiations reconnues sous l'Ancien Régime pour l'admission aux Lignages de Bruxelles, ed. M. Paternostre de La Mairieu, avec une introduction d'Henri-Charles van Parys, Grandmetz, 2 vol., 1981-1982 (Tablettes du Brabant, Recueils X et XI).
2. N. J. Stevens, Recueil généalogique de la famille de Cock, Brussels, 1855.
3. Vicomte Terlinden, "Coup d'oeil sur l'histoire des lignages de Bruxelles", in Présence du passé, vol. 2, 1949.
4. Baudouin Walckiers, PB, Filiations lignagères contemporaines, Brussels, 1999.