Huy (noble family)

The von Huy family is a Belgian nobility first attested in the early 11th century. The family existed in several lines

• The lineage of Huy bailiffs , which died out in the 14th century.
• The line of the lords of Spontin , originally also lords of Beaufort Castle near Ben-Ahin, today a ruin in a district of Huy (Belgium) that died out in the 16th century.
• The line of the Lords of Freÿr , which in 1782 received the hereditary Dutch title "Duc de Beaufort-Spontin " and in 1789 was raised to the status of imperial count. That line still exists today.

In addition to the Dukes of Beaufort-Spontin, the most famous family member is Jeanne de Spontin, a mistress of the Burgundian Duke Johann Ohnefurcht .

Master list (extract)

The bailiffs of Huy

Huy (Belgium)

1. Boson, Vogt von Huy 1032
   1. Walter, Vogt von Huy 1066/91
      1. Boson, Vogt von Huy 1063/1106
         1. Walter, Burgrave of Huy 1116/27, 1129/36 Vogt of Huy
            1. Walter, Vogt von Huy 1157/82
               1. Walter, Vogt von Huy 1182/1235
                  1. Walter, Vogt von Huy 1233/58 testified
                     1. ? Henri, Vogt von Huy 1271
                        1. ? Walter, Vogt von Huy 1297
                           1. ? Simon, Vogt of Huy 1304
                           2. ? Walter, Vogt von Huy 1316/33
            2. Lambert, 1157/70 attests - for descendants see below

The gentlemen of Spontin

Spontin Castle, Yvoir Municipality , Belgium

1. Lambert, 1157/70 attests - ancestors see above
   1. Libert, Seigneur de Spontin
      1. Pierre, † before 1289
         1. Guillaume, † 1321, Seigneur de Spontin et de Gedinne
            1. Guillaume, † 1385, Seigneur de Spontin, de Gedinne et de Tamine
               1. Guillaume, Seigneur de Spontin et de Courrière
                  1. Robert, Seigneur de Spontin, de Wavre , de Beaurain , de Gedinne, de Faubeck et de Courrière
                     1. Guillaume, † around 1455, Seigneur de Spontin
                        1. Robert, † 1467, Seigneur de Spontin et de Wavre
                           1. Jean, † 1517, Seigneur de Spontin et de Wavre
                              1. Marguerite, † 1562, heiress to Spontin, Courrière, Dorinne and Bois; ∞ I Jean de Glymes, Baron de Florennes ( House of Glymes ); ∞ II François de Baillet, Seigneur de Grez
                        2. Jeanne, zu Furnode (presumably the mistress of Duke Johann Ohnefurcht von Burgund ); ∞ Jean de Celles
                  2. Guillaume, † 1434, Seigneur de Dorinne et de Courrière
                     1. Guillaume, Seigneur de Wainage , de Bricquemont et d ' Haudrimont
                        1. Louis, to Bricquemont; ∞ I Werner d'Argenteau, † before 1503; ∞ II Jean de Seraing
                  3. Jacques, † 1439, Seigneur de Freyr , de Sorinne et de Senenne - for descendants see below

The Lords of Freÿr

Freÿr Castle on the Meuse, Belgium

1. Jacques de Spontin, † 1439, Seigneur de Freyr , de Sorinne et de Sénenne - ancestors see above
   1. Guillaume, † 1476, to Freyr
      1. Jacques, † 1504, to Freyr
         1. Jeanne, † 1558, to Freyr (probably the mistress of John of Burgundy (1438–1499) to Rothuyn and Helmsmortel )
      2. Guillaume, Seigneur de Sorinne
         1. Guillaume, Seigneur de Sénenne et de Vézin
            1. Guillaume, † 1585, Seigneur de Sénenne, de Vézin et de Freyr
               1. Jacques, † 1605, Seigneur de Freyr, de Waseiges etc.
                  1. Hubert, † 1654, Seigneur de Sénenne, de Waseiges et de Crupet
                     1. Jacques, † 1669, Baron de Spontin, Seigneur de Freyr, d ' Onhaye , de Waseiges et de Chestreven
                        1. Jacques Vincent, † 1731, Seigneur de Château-Thierry , de Waseiges, de Freyr et d'Onhaye, Imperial Council of State
                           1. Guillaume Eugène Joseph, † 1766, Baron de Spontin, Viscount d ' Esclaye
                           2. Charles Albert, † 1753, 1746 inherited Dutch Comte et Marquis de Beaufort-Spontin; ∞ Marie Marguerite Rose Dorothée Victoire Comtesse de Glymes, Marquise de Courcelles et de Florennes, heiress of Spontin, † 1755, heiress of Jean Victurnien Joseph and Marguerite Ferdinande Isabelle de Glymes, Marquise de Florennes ( House of Glymes ) - for descendants see below
                           3. Philippe Alexandre, † 1799, 1746 heirloom-Dutch Comte de Beaufort

The Dukes of Beaufort-Spontin

Beaufort-Spontin coat of arms

1. Charles Albert, † 1753, 1746 inherited Dutch Comte et Marquis de Beaufort-Spontin; ∞ Marie Marguerite Rose Dorothée Victoire Comtesse de Glymes, Marquise de Courcelles et de Florennes, heiress of Spontin, † 1755, heiress of Jean Victurnien Joseph and Marguerite Ferdinande Isabelle de Glymes, Marquise de Florennes ( House of Glymes ) - ancestors see above
   1. Friedrich August Alexander, † 1817, 1775 Comte de Beauraing, 1782 Dutch Duc de Beaufort-Spontin, 1789 Count, Marquis de Spontin, de Florennes et de Courcelles, 1814 Governor General of Belgium, acquired Bečov Castle and Palace in Bohemia in 1813 (1945 expropriated); ∞ I Maria Leopoldina de Toledo, † 1792, daughter of Pedro de Alcantara Pimentel Henriques Hurtado de Mendoza, Duke of El Infantado ( House of Álvarez de Toledo ); ∞ II Ernestine Margarete Countess of Starhemberg, † 1832, daughter of Prince Ludwig von Starhemberg
      1. (I) Franziska Philippine Thomas, † 1830; ∞Francisco de Borja Téllez-Giron, 10th Duke of Osuna , † 1820
      2. (II) Friedrich Ludwig Ladislaus, † 1834, 2nd Duc de Beaufort-Spontin
      3. (II) Karl Alfred, † 1888, 3rd Duc de Beaufort-Spontin, 1876 Austrian Prince, ∞ I Pauline de Forbes, † 1846, daughter of Charles Théodore Palamède de Forbes, Marquis de Janson; ∞ II Therese Princess von Thurn und Taxis, † 1883, daughter of Prince Maximilian Karl
         1. (I) Friedrich Georg Maria, † 1916, 4th Duc de Beaufort-Spontin
            1. Heinrich Maria Eugen, † 1966, 5th Duc de Beaufort-Spontin
               1. Friedrich Joseph Karl, * 1916, 6th Duke and 4th Prince of Beaufort-Spontin
                  1. Friedrich Christian, * 1944
                  2. Christian Friedrich Walter, * 1947

literature

• Detlev Schwennicke, European Family Tables Volume VII (1979) Table 73-75

Footnotes

1. ↑ in Schwennicke Volume III.2, Plate 316 as the daughter of Guillaume de Spontin, Seigneur de Freyr , should be classified here in terms of age
2. ↑ in Schwennicke Volume III.2, plate 320, referred to as the daughter of Jacques de Spontin, Seigneur de Freyr , should be classified here in terms of age