The House of Hénin is a family of the Belgian high nobility,[2] 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.
Lords of Wavrans
Barons of Cuvilliers
Barons of Fosseux
Barons of Liedekercke
Counts of Beaumont
Counts of Bossu
Marquesses of Alcase
Marquesses of La Veere
Mausoleum of the Counts of BossuPompa Funebris Albert VIICoat of Cardinal d'Alcase
The name derives 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.[3]
The main family mausoleum ("Chapelle des Seigneurs") is located inside the Church of Boussu and considered one of the major artworks of Jacques du Broeucq.[4]
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
Eugène de Hénin, 6th Count of Bossu and Marquess of la Vere; married to Anna-Isabella of Arenberg, Princess of Chimay.[5]
Princes of Chimay
Philippe de Hénin, 7th Count of Bossu (1646–1688) 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.
Charles-Louis- Antoine de Henin-Liétard d'Alsace (1675–1740) 11th Prince of Chimay married to Charlotte, the daughter of Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon.