Anthonie Schetz

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Anthonie Schetz (* 1564 in Antwerp , † 1640 or 1641 in Brussels ) was a Flemish military leader in the Spanish service during the Eighty Years' War . He was the baron (from 1637 the count) von Grobbendonk , lord of Tilburg , Goirle , Wezemaal , Pulle and Pulderbos . He was also the military governor of 's-Hertogenbosch until the city was lost to the Dutch in 1629, captain of a cavalry regiment and knight of the Order of Santiago .

Life

Early life

Schetz, the youngest son of Gaspard Schetz and Catharina d'Ursel from the Ursel family and younger brother of Conrad Schetz , was baptized in Antwerp in August 1564. His parents had a total of 21 children, eight of whom reached adulthood. His father originally belonged to the Schetzenbergh family, a German noble family from Schmalkalden , and was the main banker of Antwerp. As such, he financed various traders trading in Russia and Brazil, including his brothers Melchior and Balthazar. Gaspard was also the house banker of Philip II of Spain , which gave him political power and made him one of the leading figures in Antwerp in the second half of the 16th century.

In 1637 Schetz, who had previously been a baron, was made the first Count of Grobbendonck.

Marriages

In 1582 Anthonie married Barbara Karremans. After her early death in 1604 and without having fathered children with her, he remarried in 1604 to Maria van Malsen, daughter of Hubert van Malsen and heiress of Tilburg, a manor in Goirle. The rule had become allodial through a payment from her father Hubert in the amount of 8,000 guilders to the previous master of the Van Haestrecht family . A century earlier Johanna von Brabant had been enfeoffed. This marriage made Schetz lord of Tilburg and von Goirle. After 's-Hertogenbosch was handed over to the Spaniards in 1629, he handed his rule over to the Republic of the Seven United Provinces and recognized the Republic as lord and overlord.

Schetz and his second wife had seven children:

  1. Lancelot, 2nd Count of Grobbendonck and later Governor of Limburg, who married Marguerite-Claire de Noyelles
  2. Marie-Florence, who married Charles de Cottrel, Baron de Bois-de-Lessine
  3. Agnès-Robertine, who married Jacques de Cottrel, Baron de Bois-de-Lessine, the younger brother of her brother-in-law Charles
  4. Charlotte, who married Frederick de Gulpen, Lord of Waudemont
  5. Jeanne-Marie, who married Alard-Florent de Ruville, the hereditary Marshal of Luxembourg
  6. Godefroid
  7. Isabelle-Claire-Eugénie († 1709), the future abbess of La Cambre .

's-Hertogenbosch

As a Catholic, Schetz joined this party and became governor of 's-Hertogenbosch in 1589. Under his leadership, the city fought off two attempts at conquest by Moritz of Orange during the Eighty Years' War in 1601 and 1603 . His family, however, acted as patron saints for Catholics by giving refuge to devout Catholics after the ban on Catholicism by the Dutch government in 1629.

Lions

After the fall of 's-Hertogenbosch to the Dutch, Schetz stayed in Spanish service and was appointed governor of Leuven . As such, he successfully defended the city against an overwhelming Dutch-French army during the siege of Leuven in 1635, until relief arrived. As a thank you for his loyalty and as a reward for this success, King Philip IV of Spain elevated him to the hereditary count. After his death in 1641 he was buried in the old Jesuit church in Brussels. His wife died in 1650 and was buried next to him.

Ancestors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Conrad I Schetz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Erasmus II Schetz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Maria Krantz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Gaspard II Schetz ,
Mr. von Grobbendonk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Catherin de Cock van Opinen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Anthonie II Schetz,
Count von Grobbendonk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Lancelot van Ursel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Catharina van Ursel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Barbara van Lier-Immerseel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ Sometimes also written Antonie, Antoine or Anthony
  2. ↑ Some sources give 1561 or 1572 as the year of birth.
  3. ↑ Mémoires du comte de Mérode d'Ongnies: avec une introduction et des notes, 1665. Mons, 1840, p. 55, n129 ( books.google.de ).
  4. ^ Jean-Charles-Joseph de Vegiano: Nobiliaire des Pays-Bas et du Comté de Bourgogne. Volume 2, 4th edition, Gent 1870, p. 219 ( archive.org )
  5. ↑ demolished at the beginning of the 19th century
personal data
SURNAME Schetz, Anthonie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schetz, Antonie; Schetz, Antoine; Schetz, Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch military leader
DATE OF BIRTH 1564
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH 1640 or 1641
Place of death Brussels