Lords of Bucquoy

Lords of Bucquoy belonged to the feudal nobility of the Netherlands.[1] Many important families inherited the dominium of Bucquoy, now in France. House of Longueval moved round 1620 to Bohemia.

History

Bushoy, as it was called in old Dutch, belonged to the oldest lands in Artois, it was historically divided in two parts. During history the grounds belonged to important noble houses amongst them the House of Châtillon. The last heiress Jeanne de Chatillon, daughter of Hughes, married to John I, Count of La Marche, who was lord of Bucqoy. In 1688 the dominium became a county by request of Charles II.[2]

House of Chatillon

Hugues de Chatillon

House of Sterck-Glimes

Gerald Sterck, Lord of Bucquoy;
married to Jossina van den Daele, Lady of Stabroeck.[3]

    1. Anna Sterck, Lady of Bucoy;
      married to Ferry de Glimes, Baron of Grimberghen

House of Glymes-Berghes

Ferry of Glimes, Baron of Grimberghen

    1. Gerard de Berghes, Lord of Bucquoy and Stabroeck;
      Married to Anne de Halmale

House of Longueval

Counts of Bucquoy

Maximilien de Longueval, 1st Count of Bucquoy

    1. Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, 2nd Count of Bucquoy, the general of Habsburg army, moved 1619-1621 to Bohemia, died in a battle by Nové Zámky (in Slovakia).
      1. Charles Albert de Longueval, 3rd Count of Bucquoy

References
  1. Dictionnaire historique et archéologique du Département du Pas - de - Calais publié par la Commission départementale des Monuments historiques, Volume 2/ Sueur - Charruey, 1874
  2. Supplément au Nobiliaire des Pays-Bas et du comté de Bourgogne, 1420-1555 ;Jean Charles Joseph de Vegiano (seigneur d'Hovel)
  3. Supplément au Nobiliaire des Pays-Bas et du comté de Bourgogne, 1420-1555 ;Jean-Charles-Joseph De Vegiano (seigneur d'Hovel)
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