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Belgium | Ethnicity Dutch | |
Family Beyens de Grambais is a Dutch-Belgian family of nobility, with a branch settling in the Southern Netherlands in the early 17th century.
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A Brabant family
The Beyens family originates in the North Brabant in the Netherlands.
The Family Beyens had then as weapons: Of silver to the Lion of azure, lampassé, lit and armed with gold, with the tail forked and passed in saltire. This ecu is reproduced on the funeral coat of arms of Jean van of Velde, Counsellor of 's-Hertogenbosch and deceased in 1644.
François Beyens
VII. François Beyens, lord of Grambais, general collector for the Rhine and the Lower Lip and Commissioner for the renewal of horses for His Majesty., ennobled by Philip IV in 1647., son of Pierre Beyens and Elisabeth de Magistris (see VI), born in Amsterdam 13 December 1610, died in 1670., married Anna Cornelia de Maillot, daughter of Jacques Maillot of Bouret, lord of Houvigneul and Artois and of Suzanne del Plano. They had five children:
1) Jacques François Joseph de Beyens, born 13 May 1644, probably deceased in infancy. 2) Marie Suzanne de Beyens, born 21 October 1645. 3) Grégoire Ignace de Beyens, born 19 January 1648. Follows under VIII. 4) Thomas Hyacinthe de Beyens, born 3 January 1649. 5) Michel Pierre de Beyens, born 6 March 1654, bought 24 December 1685 and 7 March 1686, from Marie-Ernestine de Berlo, baronne de Meldert, an important farm in AttenrodeGrégoire Beyens
Children:
1) (first marriage) Michel Joseph de Beyens, follows under IX. 2) (second marriage) Maximilien-Ignace de Beyens.Michel Joseph Beyens
IX. Michel Joseph de Beyens, lord of Grambais, Houvigneul etc. married first with Françoise de Godin, daughter of Jacques François de Godin and Marie Waelhem, lady of Terborcht; married secondly with Marie Louise Philippine baronne von Bonninghausen, daughter of Jasper Lothier von Bonninghausen.
Before his marriage Joseph Michel Beyens was a monk under the name of Brother Joseph Beyens in the Abbey of Orival but did cancel his vows by the ecclesiastical court. He had joined in 1693 as a monk the Abbey of Orival. His vows were declared invalid in 1715 by sentence of the ecclesiastical court. Wanting to regain possession of his property, including the lordship of Grambais, he filed a lawsuit in the same year against the Marquis Ambroise Joseph de Herzelle to recover the lordship of Grambais. (Michael) Joseph Beyens, declared that his stepmother Maximilienne Philippine Godelive of Ghistelles forced him to be religious, in order to get a will before his profession and ceaded his property in favour of her children. An agreement was reached between the two parties on 7 March 1720. Indeed, Ambroise Joseph de Herzelles agreed to sell the manor of Grambais to Joseph Beyens against repayment of the amount paid by Guillaume-Philippe de Herzelles to acquire this land in 1693.
Last generation
They had 4 children:
1) Jean de Beyens 2) Marie Benoîte (ou Bénédictine) de Beyens, unmarried: Madame de Beyens dite de Grambais, resided in the beginning of the 19th century in Braine-le-Comte. 3) Jeanne Marie de Beyens 4) Sophie Frédérique de Beyens de Grambais, died 15 March 1785 in Houdeng-Gœgnies (Hainaut), married with Antoine François de Biseau, esquire (1735-1785), son of Nicolas François Joseph de Biseau, esquire (1704-1774), lord of Houdeng lès Gognies, Crohen, Bougnies and Saint-Hilaire, and of Marie Ursule d'Antoing de Rochefort (1712-1762).Branch Frédéric van Beyens
VII bis: Frédéric van Beyens, knight, son of Pierre and Élisabeth de Magistris (see onder VI), born 6 Mai 1618 in Bois-le-Duc, died before 1691, was "conseiller-maître" at the "Chambre des Comptes" of Brabant, married with Catharina van Worcom, Lady of Goedenrath and Vogelsang, daughter of Godefroy van Worcom, esquire, and of Marie de Cocq van Haeften. They had :
1) Marie Elisabeth de Beyens, lady of Goedenrath and Vogelsang, born 26 June 1651, died 3 September 1730, married with Jean Adrien baron de Witte van Limminghe, scabin of Aachen (1676 to 1720, son of Jacob de Witte van Limminghe and of Apollonie Alexandrine van Backhausen. 2) Lodewijk van Beyens. Under VIII. 3) Aldegonda van Beyens, unmarried, died in 1724. 4) Ignace van Beyens, captain in the "Guardia Wallona" in Spain died in 1728 married with Therèse van Mieses, daughter of Don Juan. 5) Angelina van Beyens, died in 1738 married with Jan Adolph comte von Stupenberg.VIII. Louis van Beyens, died 24 April 1712, married with Jeanne Catherine de Witte van Limminghe. Only one child:
IX. Marie Catharine van Beyens, died in 1712, married with Godefroy, baron van Balen, called d’Homborg, without any descent.
Extinct
In the course of the 18th century the last male of the family died.
In the early years of the 19th century, the family became totally extinct at the death of Marie Benoîte de Beyens de Grandbais.