House of Serhuyghs explained

Serhuyghs
Coat Of Arms:	File:Serhuyghs arms.svg

The House of Serhuyghs or Serhuyghs Lineage (French: Lignage Serhuyghs) is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels along with the Houses of: Sleeus, Roodenbeke, Sweerts, Serroelofs, Steenweeghs, and Coudenberg.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The Serhuyghs House was charged with the defence of the Hal gate, seconded as of 1422 by the nation of Notre-Laurent.

Escutcheon

azure, three fleurs-de-lis couped argent.

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 Serroelofs
  • House of Sweerts
  • House of Coudenbergh
  • House of Roodenbeke
  • House of Steenweeghs
  • House of Sleeus
• 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.