The Leyniers family (/lɛnɪjɛ/) is a

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family that appeared in

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in the 15th century and produced many high-level

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makers and dyers, experts in the art of dyeing in subtle shades the woolen threads destined for this trade. Many members of this family also participated in the management of the

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and were part of the

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either in the

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s or in the Seven Noble Houses.

History

The members of the Leyniers family exercised their art of

making until the last quarter of the eighteenth century and many museums in Europe and the rest of the world have tapestries from their workshops in their collections. Several members were part of the Drapery Court of Brussels. Daniel Leyniers was the last of this family to have exercised in this industry but despite all his efforts he was forced during the winter of 1767-1768 to definitively close his workshops. He then devoted himself to the manufacture of

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. The Leyniers family who participated with honor in the Resistance paid a heavy tribute to the defense of the fatherland during the

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and was decimated by the

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, murdered in the

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or by firing squads.

Members

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*Antoine Leyniers, tapestrymaker, was the nephew by marriage of

Bernard van Orley Bernard van Orley (between 1487 and 1491 – 6 January 1541), also called Barend or Barent van Orley, Bernaert van Orley or Barend van Brussel, was a versatile Flemish artist and representative of Dutch and Flemish Renaissance painting, who w ...

, he had married Josine, the daughter of his half-brother Gommaire. His mark is a monogram consisting of the letters A and L. We find this mark on "The History of

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" which adorns the large hall of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels. * Charles-Marie-Joseph Leyniers (1756-1822) wine merchant, living on St. Catherine Street, is one of the volunteers who joined the five Serments of the city in 1787, who, following

Henri van der Noot Henri van der Noot, in Dutch Henrik van der Noot, and popularly called Heintje van der Noot or Vader Heintje (7 January 1731 – 12 January 1827), was a jurist, lawyer and politician from Brabant. He was one of the main figures of the Brabant Revo ...

, armed themselves against the

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during the

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: he was a volunteer of the Fencers, aggregated with the Serment of Saint-Michel. He was a Freemason, a member of the Lodge of True Friends of the Union, in Brussels, he married in the collegiate church Saints-Michel-et-Gudule on 6 November 1780, Marie-Elisabeth van Dievoet (1752-1828). * Daniel Leyniers, admitted in 1769 to the Caudenbergh lineage of the

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. * Daniel Alphonse Charles Raymond Leyniers, born in

Molenbeek-Saint-Jean ( French, ) or (Dutch, ), often simply called Molenbeek, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, from which it is separated ...

on 15 March 1881, died in Brussels on 26 February 1957, Belgian politician, member of the Catholic Party, minister and

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. He was owner of Fanson Castle in Xhoris, Ferrières,

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. He had married one of the daughters of Minister Devolder, vice-governor of the Societe Generale de Belgique. * Pierre Joseph Célestin François (1759-1851),

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, husband of Marie-Françoise Leyniers. * Marc Leyniers,

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then

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in Brussels, born on 25 April 1887, resistant, died in

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for the Fatherland in

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(

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). He is the direct descendant of the painter Seger Jacobus van Helmont whose daughter Anne Catherine Jeanne van Helmont had married Henri Francois Joseph Leyniers. And his two sons: * Evrard Jacques Adolphe Leyniers, born on 11 June 1905 in

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, resistant, died at the

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camp, died for Belgium. * Jean Auguste Daniel Leyniers, born on 21 June 1909, resistant, shot by the

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in the ''

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'' of Brussels, died for Belgium on 17 February 1944.

A few
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by members of the family

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Heraldry

Allied families

Bibliography

* 1878 : Alphonse Wauters, ''Les tapisseries bruxelloises. Essai historique sur les tapisseries et les tapissiers de haute- et basse-lice de Bruxelles'', Ve Julien Printer, Baertsoen, Bruxelles, 1878. * 1978 : Sophie Schneebalg-Perelman, « Les débuts de la tapisserie bruxelloise au XIVe siècle et son importance durant la première moitié du XVe siècle » in ''Annales de la Société royale d'archéologie de Bruxelles'', Volume LV, 1978. * 1988 : Michel Vanwelkenhuyzen and Pierre de Tienne, « Une famille de tapissiers bruxellois, les Leyniers », in: ''L'intermédiaire des généalogistes'', Bruxelles, n°256, nov-déc 1988. * 1992 : Paul Begheyn, ''Abraham Leyniers : een Nijmeegse boekverkoper uit de zeventiende eeuw : met een uitgave van zijn correspondentie uit de jaren 1634-1644'', Nimègue, Nijmeegs Museum ‘Commanderie van Sint Jan’, 1992. *2004 : Koenraad Brosens, ''A Contextual Study of Brussels Tapestry, 1670-1770. The Dye Works and Tapestry Workshop of Urbanus Leyniers (1674-1747)'', Brussels :

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, 2004.

References

Authority

Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at :fr:Famille Leyniers; see its history for attribution. {{DEFAULTSORT:Leyniers Belgian families Seven Noble Houses of Brussels House of Sweerts