Goubau family

The Goubau family was an important noble family of Antwerp, many of its members are related to other important families.

Goubau
noble family
Country	Spanish Netherlands Austrian Netherlands
Titles	Lord of Mespelaere Lord of Triest Lord of Saint-Fontaine Lord of Ghysegem
Estate(s)	Cortewalle Castle
Cadet branches	Goubau d'Hovorst

Cortewalle Castle, Beveren.

Alexander IV Goubau, and John V Cornelis Goubau as Children, painted by Justus van Egmont in 1663.

Alexander I Goubau and his wife, painted by Rubens

In 1633 king Felipe IV of Spain granted nobility. In 1866 the last member of the family died.

The family had many important residences amongst them den Wolsack (1593) in Antwerp and Cortewalle Castle in Beveren. In Mespelare and Dendermonde they did important gift to the local church and founded the so-called Spaans hof in 1643 to Honour Aldegondis van Maubeuge. In Mortsel they resided in Ten Dorpe Castle^[1]

Members

1. Henri Goubau, knight of Calatrava.^[2]
   1. Joannes I Goubau, Lord of Saint-Fontaine, (1503-1581):^[3] marr. Joanne Cossiers^[4] in 1534, daughter of Joannes Cossiers or Cosserie and Barbe Schetz.
      1. Joannes II Goubau, marr. Joanna Stayaerts.
      2. Henricus Goubau
      3. Jacobus Goubau, marr. Catharine Maynaert.
      4. Joanna Goubau, died 1575.
      5. Gaspar Goubau
      6. Antonius Goubau
      7. Alexander I Goubau, (1540-1614): Grand Aumonier of Antwerp, buried in the cathedral.
         1. Anna Goubau, (1568-)
         2. Alexander II Goubau (1571-)
         3. Maria Goubau, (1573-)
         4. Joannes III Goubau, Lord of Ghysegem, (1575-1645): Grand Aumonier of Antwerp, Knighted in 1633. Marr. Magd. Vecquemans.
            1. Alexander III Goubau, Lord of Ghysegem, (1598-1668), knighted 1648, Mayor of Antwerp, Grand Aumonier of Antwerp, 1629. marr. Anna Doncker.
               1. Joannes IV Goubau, Lord of Ghysegem, (1630-) : knighted 1655, marr Marie Cornelie crook.
                  1. Alexander IV Goubau, Lord of Mespelaere, (1658-1712): Grand Aumonier of Antwerp, Marr. in 1690 Maria Catharina Rubens, granddaughter of Nicolaas Rubens, Lord of Rameyen.
                     1. Georges Alexander Goubau, Lord of Mespelaere (1697-1760) : marr. Maria Bosschaert.
                  2. Joannes V Cornelis Goubau, (1660-1702), Grand Aumonier of Antwerp in 1689: marr. Susanne van Colen.
            2. François Goubau, Lord of Triest, (1611-1647) : marr. Isabella vanden Broecke.
               1. Joannes VI Frans Goubau, Lord of Triest, (1646-1683), Lord of Beveren, knighted on 10 April 1679 by Charles II: Marr. Margaretha-Catharina Gerardi.
                  1. Peter Frans Goubau, (1680-1749): marr. Maria Lucretia Bernaerts.
                     1. Charles Henri Goubau, (1708-1776): councillor of the Great Council of Mechelen, marr. Regina de Villegas (1722-1794 .
                        1. Melchior Joseph François Ghislain Goubau, (1757-1836): councillor of the Great Council of Mechelen, marr. Marie-Jeanne de Villegas de Pellenberg.
                        2. Emmanuel Goubau, (1760-1828), marr. Maria Isabella de Brouchoven de Bergeyck (1773-1819).
                        3. Eugène Joseph Goubau, (1761-1831): Lord mayor of the Brugse Vrije.

Family tree

Henri Goubau

Joannes I Goubau (1503-1581)

Joanna Cossiers

Joannes II Goubau

Henricus Goubau

Jacobus Goubau

Joanna Goubau

Gaspar Goubau

Antonius Goubau

Alexander I Goubau

Anna Goubau

Alexander II Goubau

Maria Goubau

Joannes III Goubau

Magdalene Vecquemans

Alexander III Goubau

Anna Doncker

Isabella vanden Broecke

François Goubau

Joannes IV Goubau

Marie Cornelie

Margaretha-Catharina Gerardi

Joannes VI Frans Goubau

Maria Catharina Rubens

Alexander IV Goubau

Joannes V Cornelis Goubau

Maria Lucretia Bernaerts

Peter Frans Goubau

Georges Alexander Goubau

Regina de Villegas

Charles Henri Goubau

Maria Isabella de Brouchoven de Bergeyck

Emmanuel Goubau

References

1. "Kasteel Ten Dorpe - Erfgoedobjecten - Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed". Inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
2. Francquen, C. de (1 January 1826). "Recueil historique, généalogique, chronologique et nobiliaire des maisons et familles illustres et nobles du royaume, précédé de la généalogie historique de la maison royale des Pays-Bas Nassau-Orange". Demanet – via Google Books.
3. "Balat Kik-Irpa". Balat.kikirpa.be. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
4. "Balat Kik-Irpa". Balat.kikirpa.be. Retrieved 2017-02-27.