House of Merode
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The House of Merode is one of the most prominent families of the Belgian nobility. It originates from the village of Merode, which is now in the municipality of Langerwehe in Germany. Over the past fi
Merode Castle in Westerlo
Jean de Merode, 5th Marquess of Westerloo
Schloss Merode
Westerlo
Lords of Westerlo
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The Lords of Westerlo were the feudal lords of the fiefdom of Westerlo until the abolition of feudalism in 1795. The first known Lord of Westerlo was the Frankish nobleman Ansfried of Utrecht who gave
House of Merode
…extinct in 1733. The younger branch descends from Werner IV von Merode (†1316). This house also split into different branches, of which the branch of the Marquess of Westerloo, called 'de Merode-Westerloo', would become the most famous. The present-day 'Princes de Merode' in Belgium descend from the latter branch via…
Guy de Brimeu in the Armorial of the Order of the Golden Fleece (The Hague, KB, 76 E 10, fol. 75v)