Thierry, Count of Limburg Stirum
Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum (11 April 1827 – 6 March 1911) was a Belgian historian, bibliophile, and politician who served as a Senator from 1878 to 1900.
Early life
Count Thierry Marie Joseph de
Career
Thierry de Limburg Stirum was Doctor in Law (
He was president of the Conseil Heraldique and president of the Royal Commission for Ancient Laws and Ordinances.[1]
A famous
Personal life
In 1856, he married Countess Marie-Thérèse de Thiennes Leyenburg et de Rumbeke (1828–1909), a daughter of Count François de Thiennes, Chamberlain of King Guillaume of the Netherlands and Baroness Asterie de Draeck. Before her death in Brussels in 1909, they were the parents of four children who had numerous descendants, including:[1]
- Henri de Limburg Stirum (1864–1953), mayor of Rumbeke.[1]
- Everard de Limburg Stirum (1868–1938), mayor of Huldenberg.[1]
Count de Limburg-Stirum died in Brussels on 6 March 1911.[1]
Publications
- Description des sceaux de quelques seigneurs de Flandres, Brugge, 1869
- La Cour des Comtes de Flandre, leurs officiers héréditaires, Ghent, 1878.
- Codex Diplomaticus Flandriae, 1296-1327, Brugge, 1879-1889.
- Flandriae inde ab anno 1926 ad usque 1325 (...), Brugge, 1879.
- Le Cartulaire de Louis de Male, comte de Flandre, Brugge, 1893–1901
Ancestry
Thierry de Limburg Stirum | Father: Willem Bernard, Count of Limburg Stirum (1795-1889), settles in Belgium and takes Belgian nationality |
Paternal Grandfather: Military William Order
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Paternal Great-grandfather: Albert Dominique, Count of Limburg Stirum |
Paternal Great-grandmother: Elisabeth Gratiana Sayer | |||
Paternal Grandmother: Johanna Sara, Jonkvrouw Reynst (1762-1837) |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Vice-Admiral Jonkheer Pieter Hendrik Reynst, Admiral of Holland and West-Friesland | ||
Paternal Great-grandmother: Johanna Sara Bicker | |||
Mother: Albertine de Pret Roose de Calesberg (1800-1856) |
Maternal Grandfather: Jacques Paul Joseph de Pret Roose de Calesberg, Lord of Calesberg (1762-1817) |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Arnould François Joseph Bruno de Pret | |
Maternal Great-grandmother: Marie Pétronille Moretus | |||
Maternal Grandmother: Jeanne Marie Josephe, Countess Roose de Baisy |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Jean Alexandre Joseph Roose, Count of Baisy and Baron of Bouchout (1724-1784) | ||
Maternal Great-grandmother: Marie Anne van de Werve (1742-1798) |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Viscount TERLINDEN, Thierry de Limburg Stirum, in: Biographie nationale de Belgique, Tome XXXIII, 1965, col. 443-446.
- ISBN 978-1-4008-8757-6. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ISBN 978-0-19-816554-5. Retrieved 23 September 2022.