I was glad to learn, both from this message and the one by Bronwen
Edwards, of the Irish descendants of the Van der Eycken family. Although
I have no connection with the family myself, I thought it would be
interesting to see what could be found for this ancestry in
readily-available print sources. G. Steinman Steinman's notes on the
family in "Sepulchral Memorials of the English formerly at Bruges" in
the Topographer and Genealogist 2 (1853): 468-93 is certainly a start. I
was able to check some of his sources, but as they did not supply much
additional information, I have not included them in my own list of
references.
Below, I have outlined the ancestry of Claire van der Eycken for seven
generations, wherever possible. As it did not involve much repetition, I
have included the pertinent material from the Van der Eycken ancestor
table in my previous posting. I believe this outline is for the most
part sufficiently supported by the sources cited, but it would certainly
benefit from a more careful reading of the materials, and reflects
little attempt to use primary sources. I offer it for what it is worth;
and if anyone is able to improve it, they are encouraged to do so.
I have left the French quotations from the sources untranslated, as I
assume anyone venturing to work on these families will be able to read
French at least as well as I can. As before, the list of sources is
given at the end. Except for the work by Paget and the journal Vlaamse
Stam, I believe the materials used can be found in Google Books or the
Internet Archive, except where stated.
John Blythe Dobson
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Ancestry of Claire van der Eycken
1. Claire van der Eycken, her parents' heiress; m. in Jan. 1613, Sir
Thomas Preston, of Ireland, brother of the Earl of Gormaston (GFNA,
3:70).
2. Philippe-Charles van der Eycken, "Seigneur de Saint-George, Riviere,
Jette, Ganshoorn, &c. selon relief au 1 Juin 1570, quelles Seigneuries
créées en Baronnie 1'an 1654, après en Comté en 1659, en faveur de la
Maison de Kintschot, entrée depuis dans celle de Villegas. Il est mort
en 1591, étant recu à Bruxelles au Lignage de Serroelofs, le 13 Juin
1570." (GFNA)
3. Anne de Jauche/Jausse de Mastaing, d. 1615.
4. Corneille van der Eycken, Chevalier, Echevin de Bruxelles en 1555,
&c. Bourguemestre en 1556, Seigneur de Saint-George, Jette, Ganshoorn &
Riviere, mort en 1570." (GFNA)
5. Elisabeth Estor, Dame de Bygaerden, "qualifiée Dame de Saint-George
... morte en 1566" (GFNA, s.v. Estor).
6. Antoine Jauche/Jausse de Mastaing, Seigneur de Sassignies (Le
Carpentier, pt. 3, p. 704), d. by 1579.
7. Marie de Carondelet. In 1579 she is attested as "Marie de
Carondelet, weduwe jonkheer Antoine de Jausse, gezeid Mastaigne"
(Bijdragen tot de oudheidkunde en geschiedenis, inzonderheid van
Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen 2 [1857]:162). She was still alive, at what must
have been an extremely advanced age, in June 1604, when she witnessed a
document as "Vrouwe Marie de Carondelet, weduwe des Heeren van
Chassegnies" (Vlaamse Stam 9 [1973]: 33). Her parentage not stated by Le
Carpentier, but it has been suggested that she was probably of the same
family as Paul de Carondelet, seigneur de Maulde, gouverneur de Bouchain
en Hainant," who was knighted at Madrid in 1597 (Bijdragen tot de
oudheidkunde en geschiedenis, inzonderheid van Zeeuwsch-Vlaanderen 2
[1857]:163). His parentage appears in Dumont, 1:49.
8. Jean van der Eycken, d. 9 May 1536, "Receveur-général du Brabant,
Conseiller & Maitre de la Chambre des Comptes en 1505, Seigneur de
Riviere, Ganshoorn & Jette." (GFNA). By his second wife, Barbe van
Ofhuys, he was an ancestor of the British royal family (see Paget, no. N
2421). He m. (1)
9. Elisabeth Stoops.
10. Bernard Estor, "Seigneur de Bygaerden, né en 1495, Echevin [de
Bruxelles]" (GFNA, s.v. Estor). GFNA states that he d. in 1520, but the
date 1 Feb. 1531, which is given in a nearly-contemporary list
reproduced in the work by Butkens which is cited by Steinman, seems more
likely. He m. (as her second husband)
11. Marguerite Baenst à Bruges, Dame de Bernhem St. George & de
Tillingen en 1525" (GNA), widow of Gilles or Simon de Hallewyn,
Chevalier, Seigneur de Leyschot. She, along with her son Jean, was
executed for heresy in 1547. See Bibliographie des martyrologes
Protestants Néerlandais, 2 vols. (La Haye, 1890), 2:668.
12. Adrien de Jauche, "fils cadet, auteur de la branche de Sassignies,
qui s'est éteinte au XVIIe siècle" (Vegiano). Le Carpentier names his
wives as (1) Agnes de Cuinghien and (2) Amalbergue, daughter of
Philippes seigneur de Ravesteyn, but does not state which of the wives
was mother of no. 6 above.
13. ________.
14. (de Carondelet)
16. Henrik [V] van der Eycken, Seigneur de Riviere, councillor of the
Duke of Brabant (GFNA), d. 1466 (Paget).
17. Barbara Gertruid van Volxem genaamd van Stalle.
18. Henri Stoops, "Conseiller du Brabant en 1500" (GFNA, s.v. Eycken;
similar information in NGSW).
19. Marguerite Raveschot.
20. Henri Estor [fils], "Chevalier, né le 7 Décembre 1425, Echevin de
Bruxelles en 1477, Conseiller du Conseil de Brabant en 1500." (GFNA,
s.v. Estor)
21. Jeanne van der Spoet.
22. (Baenst à Bruges)
24. Jacques de Jauche, "seigneur de Mastaing, St-Martin-Lierde,
Hérimez, Brugelette, etc., fut fait prisonnier près de Merville, avec
le duc de Gueldres, en 1487, et mourut en 1499" (Vegiano, s.v. de
Jauche). "Il ... fut inhumé aux Nonnains de Brugelettes" (Le
Carpentier). He m. (1)
25. Philippote De Lannoy. See the quartering for her brother, Boudouin
de Lannoy, in Jean-Baptiste Maurice, Blason des armoiries de tous les
chevaliers de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or, p. 100.
32. Henrik IV van der Eycken, knighted by 1449, councillor,
chamberlain, and Grand Falconer to the Duke of Burgundy in 1461 (GFNA),
d. 1466 (his epitaph is transcribed in Recueil généalogique de familles
originaires des Pays-Bas ou y établies, 2:240 n. c). He m. (1) (as her
second husband)
33. Lélie de Grimberghe dite d'Assche, widow of Jean de Hertoghe.
34. Paul van Volxem, Echevin of Brussels in 1452.
35. Elisabeth Daneels dite de Watermael.
36. (Stoops)
38. Jacques Raveschot (GFNA, s.v. Eycken; NGSW, s.v. Van Eycken)
39. Marguerite van Dyck (GFNA) or Maria van Dyck (NGSW).
40. Henri Estor, "Chevalier, Echevin de Bruxelles 1'an 1453, Seigneur
de Bygaerden" (GFNA, s.v. Estor).
41. Elisabeth de Liere, fille de ____ de Liere et de ____ Blondel.
42. Bernard van der Spoet, Chevalier.
48. André de Jauche, d. 1456, "seigneur de Mastaing, Sassignies,
Hérimez et Brugelette, qui suivit, en 1421, Philippe-le-Bon, duc de
Bourgogne, lequel passa en France pour venger la mort du duc Jean, son
père" (Vegiano, s.v. de Jauche).
49. Marguerite, dame de Masmines, de Berleghem, de Hemelveerdighem et
d'Uytberghen.
50. Baudouin De Lannoy, dit Le Begue, seigneur de Molembais, gouverneur
de Lille (Vegiano, s.v. de Jauche). Vegiano says he was a knight of the
Order of the Golden Fleece, but this must be a confusion with his son of
the same name, for the registration of this knight's quarters shows he
was the son of a De Lannoy and a De Berlaimont; see Jean-Baptiste
Maurice, Blason des armoiries de tous les chevaliers de l'Ordre de la
Toison d'Or, p. 100. He m. (2)
51. Adrienne De Berlaimont, dame de Solre-le-Château, en Hainaut
(Dumont, 3:91).
64. Henri III van der Eycken dit van Campenhout, d. 1429-36 (Paget)
65. Catherine de Weert, dit s'Weerts.
66. (de Grimberghe dite d'Assche)
68. (van Volxem)
70. Jean Daneels, dit de Watermael.
71. Johanna Verpoorten.
76. (Raveschot)
78. (van Dyck)
80. Guillaume Estor, "Chevalier en 1390, Echevin à Bruxelles en 1408"
(GFNA, s.v. Estor).
81. Catherine de Bygaerden, dite Rogeman,
82. (de Liere)
83. (Blondel)
84. (van der Spoet)
96. Jean de Jauche, "seigneur de Mastaing et de Sassignies, mort à la
Terre-Sainte en 1398" (Vegiano, s.v. de Jauche).
97. Isabeau De Rochefort, dame de Hérimez et de Brugelette, en
Hainaut.
98. Robert, "seigneur de Masmines, Berleghem, Hemelverdigen,
Viterberghe, fut tué combatant vaillamment en la sanglante journée de
Liege, avec Jean de Ghisteles Seigneur de Distzele" (Bruslé de
Montpleinchamp, pp. 147-48); chevalier de la Toison d'or (Vegiano, s.v.
de Jauche).
99. Isabella de Leervergem (Bruslé de Montpleinchamp, pp. 147-48).
100. (De Lannoy)
101. (Molembais)
102. Jacques de Berlaimont, seigneur de Solre-le-Château (Dumont,
3:90).
103. Catherine de Robersart.
128. Henrik II van der Eycken (gezegt Campenhout per NGSW).
129. Helena van Berchem/Berthout, van Mechelen (NGSW).
130. Roland de Weert, dit s'Weerts.
160. Henri Estor, "Echevin de Bruxelles en 1357," fils de "Jean Estor,
alias Esteren (fils de Jean)" et de "Catherine de Herthoghe, fille de
Goswin & de Jutte Eggloy" (GFNA, s.v. Estor)
161. Marie de Berlaer, "fille de Louis, Seigneur de Helmont &
Keerbergen" (GFNA)
162. Guillaume Rogeman, Seigneur de Bygaerden (GFNA, s.v. Estor).
163. Elisabeth Uyten-Steenweghen, "fille de Jean Uyten-Steenweghen &
Marguerite s'Leeuws, dite Versophien" (GFNA, s.v. Estor).
192. Jean-Guillaume de Jauche, "seigneur de Mastaing et de Sassignies,
mort en 1388" (Vegiano, s.v. de Jauche, where the line is carried back
two more generations)
193. Isabeau De Trazegnies.
196. Wallerand, "seigneur de Masmines, tiroit son extraction de
Gislebert de Sotenghien, mary de Mahaut de Bethune" (Le Carpentier,
3:704).
204. Gilles de Berlaimont (Dumont, 3:90)
205. Jeanne de Barbenson, dame héritière de Solre-le-Château (see
Dumont, 3:90, for additional ancestry).
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REFERENCES
Bruslé de Montpleinchamp, Jean Chrysostôme, Histoire des ducs de
Bourgogne (Cologne, 1687).
Le Carpentier, Jean, Histoire généalogique des Païs-Bas ou histoire de
Cambray et du Cambresis, 2 vols. in 4 pts. (Leiden, 1664). See "Jauche
ou Jauce-Mastaing" (pt. 3, pp. 701-706). Available at
http://books.familysearch.org/.
Dumont, ____, Fragmens généalogiques, 4 vols. (Gand, 1862).
GFNA = Généalogies des familles nobles et anciennes des dix-sept
provinces des Pays-Bas, 3 vols. [all published] (1781). See "Eycken"
(3:65-79), "Estor" (3:34-38). Available at
http://www.earlydutchbooksonline.nl/.
Maurice, Jean-Baptiste, Blason des armoiries de tous les chevaliers de
l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or depuis la première institution jusques à
present (1667).
NGSW = Nederlandsch geslacht- stam- en wapen-boek, door Abraham
Ferwerda en Jacobus Kok, 2 vols. [all published] (Amsterdam, 1785),
unpaginated. See "Van Eycken."
Paget, Gerald, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles,
Prince of Wales, 2 vols. Edinburgh & London: Charles Skilton, 1977.
Recueil généalogique de familles originaires des Pays-Bas ou y
établies, 2 vols. (Rotterdam, 1775-1778). See "d'Eyck, Van Eyck ou
Van der Eyken" (2:231-63).
Steinman, G. Steinman, "Sepulchral Memorials of the English formerly at
Bruges," Topographer and Genealogist 2 (1853): 468-93.
Vegiano et al., Nobiliaire des Pays-Bas et du comté de Bourgogne, 4
vols. (Gand, 1865-1868). See "de Jauche" (3:1108-13).
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These additions to the ancestry of Prince Charles which John Blythe
Dobson has described above also highlight a perhaps surprising link -
to the Preston family, who are the current Viscounts Gormanston in the
Irish peerage, and probably to other Irish peers as well. The Preston
connection is mentioned in the GFNA source cited by John in his post
above (at 3:70), as well as in this pedigree in vol. 2 of "Topographer
and Genealogist" here (and possibly also at the Internet Archive):
http://books.google.com/books?id=EKhWAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA471#v=onepage&q&f=false
Paget numbers 2421 and 2422, Jan van der Eycken and Barbe van Offhuys
are ancestral to the current Viscount Gormanston through the related
Prestons who were Viscounts Taragh [or Tara].
The T&G pedigree is cited in the CP account of the Viscounts Tara/
Taragh, but the GFNA reference represents a correction (or addition)
to CP, as it provides the given name (Claire) of the 1st Viscount Tara
[or Taragh].