Nassau-Corroy
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Nassau-Corroy | |
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Parent house | House of Nassau |
Founded | recognised in 1530 |
Founder | Henry III of Nassau-Breda |
Titles |
Count of Corroy
Count of Zwevegem Baron of Warcoing Lord of Frasnes-lez-Gosselies |
Estate(s) |
Castle of Corroy-le-Château
Zwevegem Castle |
Dissolution | 1832 ( 1832 ) |
The House of Nassau-Corroy is a bastard branch of the House of Nassau . [1] Unlike the main branch of the House of Nassau, this illegitimate branch was faithful to the king of Spain and Roman Catholic. [2]
History
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The history of the Branch of Corroy was started by the marriage between Otto II of Nassau-Siegen and Adelaide of Vianden . The counts of Vianden built the castle of Corroy in the 13th century. Thus, the ancestors of Henry III already possessed the rights of the Chateau in Corroy. [3] The branch of Nassau-Corroy was founded by Alexis of Nassau-Corroy , the illegitimate son of Henry III of Nassau-Breda and his mistress Elisabeth Claire van Rosenbach. Alexis was recognised by emperor Charles V in 1530. [4] In 1540 René of Chalon gave the full rights of Corroy to his half-brother. In 1545 the branch was openly recognised by the Prince of Orange. [5] In 1693 Charles II created Joseph-Ignace 1st Count of Corroy. In 1717 the Counts of Corroy added Zwevegem to their possessions and were the last feudal lords in Zwevegem. [2] The familial crest is still the official coat of arms of the municipality Zwevegem . [6]
Lords and Counts of Corroy
Alexis I of Nassau-Corroy
: Legitimised bastard in 1530.
[3]
Married to Wilhelmina of Bronkhorst Batenburg (1526 - 1601)
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René of Nassau-Corroy
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Alexis II of Nassau-Corroy
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Maximilien of Nassau-Corroy
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Joseph-Ignace de Nassau, 1st Count of Corroy
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acquired the castle of Zwevegem and the title of Count of Zwevegem; [2]
married to Marrie-Anne, daughter of Philippe I Alexandre de Ghistelles, 2nd Marquess of Saint-Floris .-
Guillaume-Adrien-Joseph de Nassau, Count of Corroy
son of Joseph-Ignace, succeeded his father in 1740-
Alexandre-Constantin-Joseph de Nassau, Count of Corroy
(1738-1804)
son of Guillaume-Adrien; he was the last count of Zwevegem [2]
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Alexandre-Constantin-Joseph de Nassau, Count of Corroy
(1738-1804)
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Guillaume-Adrien-Joseph de Nassau, Count of Corroy
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Joseph-Ignace de Nassau, 1st Count of Corroy
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Maximilien of Nassau-Corroy
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Alexis II of Nassau-Corroy
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René of Nassau-Corroy
Others
- Charles-Florent-Marie de Nassau, Count of Corroy , younger brother of Alexandre, died in 1809
- Amélie-Constance-Marie de Nassau-Corroy, daughter and only descendant of Charles, married in 1803 Gillion, the Marquess of Trazegnies d'Ittre , who inherited the castle of Corroy. The death of Amélie in 1832 signified the end of the noble family of Nassau-Corroy. [7]
Notes
- ↑ Félix Victor Goethals , Dictionnaire généalogique et héraldique des familles nobles du royaume de Belgique , Volume 4 (Polack-Duvivier, 1852)
- 1 2 3 4 "Biekorf. Jaargang 58 · DBNL" .
- 1 2 Nes, Emerentia van Heuven-van (2015). Nassau en Oranje in gebrandschilderd glas 1503-2005: Emerentia van Heuven-van Nes , m.m.v. S. Groenveld en D.B.M. Hermans . ISBN 9789087045357 .
- ↑ Olivier de Trazegnies, Un personnage secret: Gillion, 2e marquis de Trazegnies d'Ittre (1772-1847), époux de Constance-Amélie, comtesse de Nassau et de Corroy, in: Le Parchemin, 2012.
- ↑ Memo from Belgium, Nummers 132-143/Pagina 114
- ↑ "Over Zwevegem | Zwevegem" . www.zwevegem.be . Archived from the original on 2016-08-20.
- ↑ "Historique" . Corroy-le-Château.