Poot family

The Poot family is a family that was admitted to the bourgeoisie of Brussels and from 1753 was registered among the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels.[2]

Poot
Blazon: gules with three silver swords placed in bar points at the bottom.
Parent familySeven Noble Houses of Brussels
Country Duchy of Brabant
Founded17th century
Cadet branchesBaudier[1]

The 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 patrician class of that city, and to whom special privileges in the government of that city were granted until the end of the Ancien Régime.

The house from which the family descend :

Heraldry

Bibliography

  • Jean-François Houtart, OGHB, Anciennes familles de Belgique, 2008, p. 397
  • François met den Ancxt, Poot Baudier, in Recueil nobiliaire belge, volume I, 1911, p. 151.

Authority

Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at fr:Famille Poot; see its history for attribution.

References

  1. François met den Ancxt, "Poot Baudier", in Recueil nobiliaire belge, vol. I, 1911, p. 151.
  2. François Schoonjans, "Héraldique des familles lignagères La famille Poot", Bulletin trimestriel des Lignages de Bruxelles, 69, Jan.-Mar. 1977.
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