House of Serroelofs

Serroelofs

Place of origin|  Brussels
The Anderlecht Gate in 1612

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

The Serroelofs House was charged with the defence of the Anderlecht Gate, and was assisted as of 1422 by the Nation of St Christopher.

## Escutcheon

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

## The Seven Noble Houses of Brussels

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Main article: Seven Noble Houses of Brussels

The Seven Noble Houses of Brussels (French: Sept lignages de Bruxelles, Dutch: Zeven geslachten van Brussel) were the seven families of Brussels whose descendants formed the city's patrician class, to whom special privileges were granted until the end of the Ancien Régime. Together with the Guilds of Brussels, they formed the city's bourgeoisie.

## See also

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History of Brussels

## References

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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.