Baron Jacques Salomon François Joseph Léon de Herckenrode (1818–1880) was a Belgian genealogist.
Life
Herckenrode was born in
Huy
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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
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''
vol. 35
(Brussels, 1969), 412-413. He spent most of his life in
Sint-Truiden
Sint-Truiden (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium. With more than 41,500 inhabitants, it is on ...
.
[ 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 ( ; ; historically known as ''Gaunt'' in English) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the Provinces of Belgium, province ...
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