Baron Jacques Salomon François Joseph Léon de Herckenrode (1818–1880) was a Belgian genealogist.
Life
Herckenrode was born in
Huy
Huy ( or ; nl, Hoei, ; wa, Hu) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Huy lies along the river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux. It is in the ''sillon industriel'', the former industrial ...
on 15 March 1818, the son of Auguste-Joseph de Herckenrode and Pauline-Charlotte de Berlaere.
[Emile Brouette, "Herckenrode (Jacques Salomon François Joseph Léon de)", '']Biographie Nationale de Belgique
The ''Biographie nationale de Belgique'' ( French; "National Biography of Belgium") is a biographical dictionary of Belgium. It was published by the Royal Academy of Belgium in 44 volumes between 1866 and 1986. A continuation series, entitled the ' ...
''
vol. 35
(Brussels, 1969), 412-413. He spent most of his life in
Sint-Truiden
Sint-Truiden (; french: link=no, Saint-Trond ; li, Sintruin ) is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium, and has over 41,500 inhabitants, which makes it one of the largest cities in Limburg. The muni ...
.
[ In 1846 he became a corresponding member of the Académie d'Archéologie de Belgique, frequently publishing in the ''Annales de l'Académie d'Archéologie de Belgique''. He died in ]Ghent
Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded in ...
on 22 October 1880.[
]
Publications
* ''Vie de la comtesse Marie d'Oyenbrugge, dite de Duras, première supérieure du couvent de Berlaymont'' (Brussels, 1844)
* ''Collection de tombes, épitaphes et blasons recueillis dans les églises et couvents de Hesbaye'' (Ghent, 1845)
* ''Notice historique sur la commune de Rummen et sur les anciens fiefs de Grasen, Wilre, Binderveld et Weyer, en Hesbaye'' (Ghent, 1846)
* ''Généalogie historique des anciens patriarches'' (Bruges, 1855)
* M. de Vegiano, ''Nobiliaire des Pays-Bas et du comté de Bourgogne'', edited by J.S.F.J.L. de Herckenrode (Ghent, 1862–1868)Vol. 1, part 1vol. 1, part 2vol. 2, part 1vol. 2, part 2vol. 3vol. 4
References
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1818 births
1880 deaths
People from Huy
Belgian genealogists
19th-century Belgian non-fiction writers