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The Pipenpoy family (/pɪpɒ̃pwə/), was an old and influential patrician family of Brussels which exercised public functions in the capital of the Duchy of Brabant until the end of the Ancien Régime. It died in 1832 with Catherine de Pipenpoy, who was 100 years old.[1] Several of its members were admitted to the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels.
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| Parent family | Seven Noble Houses of Brussels |
| Country | Duchy of Brabant Holy Roman Empire |
| Place of origin | Brussels |
| Founded | 13th century |
The name Pipenpoi, Pipenpoy or Pypenpoy, which appeared in Brussels in the 13th century, is that of an important family of the urban aristocracy[2] of bourgeois origin.
Guillaume Pipenpoi, deceased before 1253, quoted as bourgeois of Brussels (poorter) and alderman of Brussels in 1227-1230, is the first known representative. He occupied a steen, or fortified house, called the Cantersteen,[3] the "steen of the cantor",[4] located at the corner of the current rue de la Madeleine and rue de l'Empereur.
This family had many branches whose main branch can be established as such:[5]
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