The Poot family is a family that was admitted to the bourgeoisie of Brussels and from 1753 was registered among the

Seven Noble Houses of Brussels The Seven Noble Houses of Brussels (also called the Seven Lineages or Seven Patrician families of Brussels; french: Sept lignages de Bruxelles, nl, Zeven geslachten van Brussel, Latin: ''Septem nobiles familiae Bruxellarum'') were the seven ...

.François Schoonjans, "Héraldique des familles lignagères La famille Poot", ''Bulletin trimestriel des Lignages de Bruxelles'', 69, Jan.-Mar. 1977.

The seven noble houses of Brussels

The

(french: link=no, sept lignages de Bruxelles, nl, zeven geslachten van Brussel) were the seven families of

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 ...

whose descendants formed the

patrician Patrician may refer to: * Patrician (ancient Rome), the original aristocratic families of ancient Rome, and a synonym for "aristocratic" in modern English usage * Patrician (post-Roman Europe), the governing elites of cities in parts of medieval ...

class of that city, and to whom special privileges in the government of that city were granted until the end of the

Ancien Régime ''Ancien'' may refer to * the French word for "ancient, old" ** Société des anciens textes français * the French for "former, senior" ** Virelai ancien ** Ancien Régime ** Ancien Régime in France {{disambig ...

. The house from which the family descend : *

House of Sweerts The House of Sweerts or Sweerts Lineage ( French: Lignage Sweerts) is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels along with the Houses of: Sleeus, Serhuyghs, Steenweeghs, Coudenbergh, Serroelofs and Roodenbeke.Baudouin Walckiers, PB, ''Filia ...

Heraldry

File:Blason de la famille Poot (Belgique) - avant 1753.svg, Poot family File:Blason famille Struelens (Belgique).svg, Struelens family File:Blason de la famille Poot (Belgique) - après 1753.svg, Poot family quartered with the arms of the Struelens family File:Blason de branche familiale Poot Baudier (Belgique).svg, Poot Baudier family

Bibliography

* Jean-François Houtart, OGHB, ''Anciennes familles de Belgique'', 2008, p. 397 *François met den Ancxt, Poot Baudier, in ''Recueil nobiliaire belge'', volume I, 1911, p. 151.

Authority

Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at :fr:Famille Poot; see its history for attribution.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Poot Belgian families Ancient families Seven Noble Houses of Brussels House of Sweerts