Theodore Charles Antoine van der Noot, 8th

Marquess of Assche Marquess of Assche is a title belonging to the Belgian nobility, Assche is the old writing of the city of Asse. The Margraveships still stands today and belongs to the House ''van der Noot''. Today the current Marquess of Assche still resides in ...

and 6th

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(14 July 1818 – 13 August 1889) was a

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courtier and member of high society.

Career

During the Holland period the Marquess of Assche was Lord-Chamberlain to

William III of the Netherlands William III (Dutch: ''Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk''; English: ''William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis''; 19 February 1817 – 23 November 1890) was King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1849 until his death in 18 ...

Family

He was the eldest son of Maximilien Louis van der Noot, 7th Marquess of Assche and his second wife Adelaïde Countess d'Yve de Bavay (1792-1879). His sister Charlotte, countess van der Noot was married to Count de Lannoy, Lord Marshall to the Duke of Brabant. Theodore married in Brussels on 14 June 1856 to the Russian Catherine Bernardaki (1825-1905), she was the widow of Gotthard Alexander Konstantin von Benckendorff. they had 4 children. He was succeeded by Edouard Dimitri van der Noot, 9th Marquess of Assche. His granddaughter was Countess

Elisabeth van der Noot d'Assche Elisabeth, Countess van der Noot, Countess of Assche (July 22, 1899 in Brussels – March 27, 1974) was a Belgian aristocratic lady. During the Second World War, she became friendly with the highest circles of the German occupation authorities, ...

Children

* Eduard Dimitri x Adrienne Barbanson. * Henri Carlo Eduard Adrien Theodore x Colette Allard. * Alfred

Wealth

Most members of the van der Noot-family had important functions at court and close contacts with the royal family. His wealth was impressive, between 1856 en 1858 he had a new palace built in Brussels by the architect

Alphonse Balat Alphonse Hubert François Balat (15 May 1818 – 16 September 1895) was a Belgian architect. Life Balat was born in Gochenée. He studied at the Academie of Namur and obtained his degree in architecture from the Academy of Antwerp in 1838. ...

. After second world war the was sold to the Belgian state. Another residence was the estate of the Chateau des Amerois, sold to

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, who had the castle built by Gustave Saintenoy.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Noot, Theodore van der 1818 births 1889 deaths Belgian nobility