House of Hénin
The house of Hénin is a family of the Belgian high nobility, one of its branches was titled Prince of Chimay. Alliances were made with important Spanish noble families such as house of Borja and the house of Velasco.
The surname comes from the town of Hénin-Beaumont in Flanders-Artois, currently in Northern France. In the 13th century, the family grew into three different branches, such as the branch of Hénin-Liétard d'Alcase and the branch of the lords of Bossu.
The main family mausoleum is located inside the Church of Boussu and considered one of the major artworks of Jacques du Broeucq.Members
Counts of Bossu
Pierre I de Hénin, Lord of Bossu † 1490: knight of the Golden Fleece.;
married to Isabeau of Lalaing.
- #Philippe de Hénin, Lord of Bossu;
married to Catherine of Ligne-Barbançon
- ##Jean V de Hénin, 1st Count of Bossu; knight of the Golden Fleece ;
married to Anne of Bourgogne
- ###Charles de Hénin, 2nd Count of Bossu: No heirs.
- ###Maximilien de Hénin, 3rd Count of Bossu;
married to Marguerite of Croy.
- ####Pierre II de Hénin, 4th Count of Bossu
- ###Jacques de Hénin, Marquess of la Veere;
married to Marie of Hanaert, Baronnes of Liedekercke.
- ####Marie de Bossu;
married to Otto von Brunswick.
- ####Anne de Bossu;
married to Luis de Velasco y Velasco, 2nd Count of Salazar.
- #####Juan de Velasco, 2nd Marquess of Belveder;
- #####Anna de Velasco;
married to Rasse de Gavre, 1st Marquess of Ayseau
- ####Hélène de Bossu;
married to Íñigo de Borja
- ####Maximilien II de Hénin, 5th Count of Bossu and Marquess of la Vere;
married to Alexandrine of Gavre.
- #####Eugène de Hénin, 6th Count of Bossu and Marquess of la Vere;
married to Anna-Isabella of Arenberg, Princess of Chimay.Princes of Chimay
Philippe de Hénin, 7th Count of Bossu 10th Prince of Chimay, count of Beaumont, Marquess of la Veere and Baron of Liedekercke: Knight of the Golden Fleece
Married to Anne-Louise Verreycken d'Impden.
married to Charlotte, the daughter of Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon.
married to Marie Anne Albertine Françoise van de Werve
- *** Pierre-Simon de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace
married to Charlotte Louise Henriette de Croismare
married to Louise Françoise Pauline, Baroness Durand de Pisieux
- ***** Simon-Gérard d'Alsace de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace
married to Baroness Angélique van Brienen de Grootelindt
married to Charlotte Gabrielle de Ganay
- ***** Philippe-Charles de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace
married to Hélène-Marie-Éléonore van Brienen de Groote Lindt
married to Laure-Auguste de Fitz-James, Princess de Chimay.
married to Adélaïde Félicité Étiennette de Monconseil
- * Marguerite-Therese d'Alcase, died 1693;
married to don Domingo de Aquaviva de Aragon
- * Anne-Ernestine d'Alcase:
Married to the Marques of Los Rios.
