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van der Meulen family
(van der or vander) Molen, Moelen
Estate(s)Fief of the Roetaert

The van der Meulen family of Brussels was an important bourgeois family of freshwater fish merchants. Many of its members were deans of the guild of freshwater fish merchants

Fiefdom of the Roetaert on a map from 1741 by Charles Everaert, while it was owned by the van der Meulen family.

Properties and estates

They owned the fiefdom of the Roetaert[1] as well as numerous fishponds and lakes, especially in the Sonian Forest, such as the famous Enfants Noyés ponds, which Elisabeth van der Meulen (1720–1769), wife of Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet (1704-1776), sold to the state in 1744.[2]

Arms

There are two variants of the arms of the Van der Meulen family
Blazon Image
Per pale, I, Or, a double-headed eagle Gules. II, quarterly, I and IV, Gules, a saltire Ermine, in base a mullet of six points pierced Or (van de Voorde). II and III, Sable, a lion Argent armes, langued, and crowned à l'antique Or (Brabant-Gaesbeek). [3] sans_cadre
Per pale, I, Or, a double-headed eagle Sable. II, quarterly, I and IV, Gules, a saltire Ermine. II and III, Sable, a lion Or.[4] sans_cadre

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Henry de Pinchart, « Court historique du hameau de Stalle-sous-Uccle », « Possesseurs », in : le Folklore brabançon, March 1979, no 221, p. 90.
  2. ^ Sander Pierron, Histoire illustrée de la forêt de Soignes, vol. I, p. 62 : « Élisabeth vander Meulen, fille de Lambert et épouse de Jean-Baptiste van Dievoet, proposa quand elle en eut hérité de vendre à l'État pour 1000 florins les étangs suivants qui lui appartenaient : 1) l'Enneplas, 2) le Vuylbeke, 3) et 4) les deux étangs d'Erkendael, 5) le petit Kinderen Verdroncken, 6) le grand Kinderen Verdroncken, c’est à dire l'étang inférieur et l'étang supérieur des Enfants noyés (Les six étangs constituant deux bonniers) »
  3. ^ B.R., ms G 123 et G 1625. "parti : au I d'or à l'aigle bicéphale de gueules ; au II, écartelé, au 1 et 4 de gueules au sautoir d'hermine accompagné en pointe d'une molette d'or (van de Voorde), au 2 et 3 de sable au lion d'argent armé, lampassé et couronné à l'antique d'or (Brabant-Gaesbeek)"
  4. ^ MS. G 1625. This variant is also published by Koller in his Armorial bruxellois. "parti: au 1 d'or à l'aigle bicéphale de sable; au II écartelé: au 1 et 4 de gueules au sautoir d'hermine, au 2 et 3 de sable au lion d'or"

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