Marie Josepha Taye Explained

Marie Josepha Taye (1740- 10 November 1820), Countess van der Noot and Marquise of Assche and Wemmel, was a noble lady from Flanders.

She was born as daughter of the Marquess of Wemmel, François Philippe Taye, and Catherine Louise de Cottereau, daughter of the Marquess of Assche.Until her marriage on 17 May 1763 to Jean-Antoine, Count van der Noot (the nephew of Maximilian-Atoine van der Noot, Bishop of Ghent)[1] she resided from 1754 as noble lay canoness in Nivelles. All eight of her great-grandparents belonged to the high nobility: Taye, Coudenhove, d'Orgnies, de Berghes Saint Winnoc, de Coutereau, de Nesselrode, Leefdael en Vlaederaecken.

She held the Order of the Starry Cross.

She resided in Wemmel Castle and Schoonhove Castle, that she had built in 1777.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Azevedo Coutinho y Bernal, José Felix António Francisco de. Généalogie de la famille de Coloma. 1780.
  2. Geslagt-lyste der nakomelingen van der vermaerden Christoffel Plantin/Jan Baptist van der Straelen