The Anspach family is a Belgian noble family, established in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

at the beginning of the 19th century. It comes from the

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, from which they acquired the

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in 1779. Before that, they originated from Schwabenheim (

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, Baden-Württemberg).Madame Dolez, "Les Anspach d'Est en Ouest", in : ''Le Parchemin'', n° 240, 1985, p. 375. (Published by the

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)

Members

* Johann Wilhelm Anspach (c.1640-c. 1726),

burgomaster Burgomaster (alternatively spelled burgermeister, literally "master of the town, master of the borough, master of the fortress, master of the citizens") is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief m ...

Schwabenheim an der Selz Schwabenheim an der Selz is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a '' Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipalit ...

. * Isaac Salomon Anspach,

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pastor. * Dorothée (Dorine) Anspach, reader and

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Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (19 November 1779 – 4 January 1801) was the maternal grandmother of Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Louise Charlotte was born Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, ...

, born in Geneva on 23 July 1777 and died in

Gotha Gotha () is the fifth-largest city in Thuringia, Germany, west of Erfurt and east of Eisenach with a population of 44,000. The city is the capital of the district of Gotha and was also a residence of the Ernestine Wettins from 1640 until the ...

in 1835, married Baron Édouard von Seebach, chamberlain of Prince of Altenburg, born in 1749 and died in Gotha in 1850 at the age of 101. Dorothée (Dorine) Anspach was

ennobled Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below royalty. Nobility has often been an estate of the realm with many exclusive functions and characteristics. The characteri ...

by the Prince of Altenburg on 22 June 1814. She translated several books from German into French. * François Anspach, (1784–1858), banker and politician. * Baron Jules Anspach,

of the

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. * Edouard Anspach (1831–1902),

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Minister of

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, Lisbon and

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. * Eugène Anspach, Belgian politician and

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. *

Paul Anspach Paul Eugène Albert Anspach (1 April 1882 – 28 August 1981) was a Belgian épée and foil fencer who competed in four consecutive Olympics (1908, 1912, 1920 and 1924). His grand-uncle, Jules Anspach (1829-1879), was Brussels burgomaster. Ea ...

, Belgian fencer. * Louis Anspach, Swiss miniaturist painter.

Bibliography

* Madame Dolez, "Les Anspach d'Est en Ouest", in : ''Le Parchemin'', n° 240, 1985, p. 375. (Published by the

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{{reflist Belgian families Swiss families German families Belgian noble families

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