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| De Viron Viron | |
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| Belgian noble family | |
 Arms of the De Viron family | |
| Country | Belgium |
| Titles | Baron de Viron |
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Nobility recognised and the title of baron granted in 1822; the title was extended to all descendants in 1871. Members of the family have served as councillors of the Council of Brabant, mayors of Dilbeek, governor of Brabant, ambassador, and prior of the convent of Tusschenbeek. | |
The de Viron family is a family of the Belgian nobility whose members were admitted to the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels.
Partial genealogy
[edit]Paul Viron was born in Forest on 12 April 1689.
- Jean-Charles Viron was born in Brussels, was baptised on 25 January 1722 at the Church of Our Lady of the Chapel, and died in Brussels on 27 April 1799. He held a law degree, served as a councillor of the Sovereign Council of Brabant, and married Maria Theresia t'Sas, a descendant of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels through the Sweerts lineage.
- Jean-Bernard de Viron was born in Brussels on 29 March 1764, baptised the following day at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, and died on 27 December 1834. He held a law degree, served as mayor of Dilbeek from 1804 to 1810, and was a councillor-auditor of the Chamber of Accounts and later of the Administrative Commission of Belgium established in 1814. He was admitted to the Sweerts lineage on 13 June 1786. In 1822, King William I of the Netherlands granted him the title of baron, transmissible by male primogeniture.
- Fanny de Viron (1798–1864), married François Antoine Marie de Fierlant (1800–1861).
- Guillaume de Viron was born in Brussels on 13 September 1791 and died in Dilbeek on 7 July 1857. He served as governor of the Province of Brabant, provincial councillor, and a member of the National Congress in 1830.
- Théodore de Viron was born in Brussels on 26 February 1823 and died on 24 December 1882 at Sainte-Alène Castle, now De Viron Castle, in Dilbeek. He commissioned the construction of De Viron Castle.[1] He obtained the extension of the title of baron to all of his descendants.
- Marie de Viron (1853–1935).
- François de Viron (born 1859).
- Robert de Viron (1860–1929) was born at Sainte-Alène Castle in Dilbeek on 22 June 1860 and died on 23 March 1929 at Elegem Castle. He was a baron, doctor of law, lawyer before the Brussels Court of Appeal, and mayor of Dilbeek in 1913. In 1901, he lived at Waesbroeck Castle, also known as Béthanie Castle.[2]
- Marguerite de Viron (1862–1935).
- Léon de Viron (1866–1925).
- Isabelle de Viron (born 1868; year of death unknown).
- Maurice de Viron (born 1871; year of death unknown).
- Ignace de Viron (1872–1954).
- René de Viron (born 1877; year of death unknown).
- Théodore de Viron was born in Brussels on 26 February 1823 and died on 24 December 1882 at Sainte-Alène Castle, now De Viron Castle, in Dilbeek. He commissioned the construction of De Viron Castle.[1] He obtained the extension of the title of baron to all of his descendants.
- Jean-Bernard de Viron was born in Brussels on 29 March 1764, baptised the following day at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, and died on 27 December 1834. He held a law degree, served as mayor of Dilbeek from 1804 to 1810, and was a councillor-auditor of the Chamber of Accounts and later of the Administrative Commission of Belgium established in 1814. He was admitted to the Sweerts lineage on 13 June 1786. In 1822, King William I of the Netherlands granted him the title of baron, transmissible by male primogeniture.
Guillaume Marie Joseph Franz Hubert Ghislain, Baron de Viron, was born in Biron on 11 February 1924 and died in Marche-en-Famenne on 29 March 2016. He married Elisabeth d'Hoffschmidt in 1951.[3] They had eight children: three daughters, Benoît, Daniel, Marie-Astrid, François-Xavier and Jean-Charles.
Baudouin, Baron de Viron, was born in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert on 14 July 1949 and died in Namur on 1 July 2017.[4]
Properties
[edit]The De Viron family owned and commissioned the construction of several properties, particularly in Dilbeek.
- The medieval castle of Dilbeek, acquired in 1787 and demolished by the family in 1871.
- De Viron Castle, which the family commissioned together with its outbuildings. Franz de Viron sold it to the municipality of Dilbeek in 1923.
- Elegem Castle. The castle was built by Robert de Viron in the early 20th century and demolished in 1967.[5]
- A villa built by Robert de Viron in the early 20th century.[6]
- Béthanie Castle in Anderlecht, where Robert de Viron lived in 1901. After the De Viron family left it, the castle was occupied by the Œuvres du Mont Thabor and used as a boarding school for sick children. It was demolished in the 1950s.
- Relais de Viron in Haillot, a historic estate in the municipality of Ohey, in the Condroz region of Wallonia. It includes a park and former agricultural outbuildings illustrating the region's rural architecture and built heritage.[citation needed]
- Landhuis de Viron in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw.[7]
Admission to the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels
[edit]Maria Theresia t'Sas was the daughter of Paulus t'Sas and Barbara Gaucheret. Barbara was the sister of Henri Gaucheret, who had been admitted to the Sweerts lineage. Maria Theresia married Joannes Carolus Viron, a councillor of the Sovereign Council of Brabant.
Their descendants included Jean-Bernard Viron, husband of Anne Catherine Calluy. He was created a baron on 6 July 1822,[8] died on 27 December 1834, and had been admitted to the Sweerts lineage on 13 June 1786.
Recognition of nobility
[edit]On 6 July 1822, Jean-Bernard de Viron (1764–1834) received recognition of nobility[9] and was granted the title of baron. His name appeared on the first official list of nobles. The title was transmissible by male primogeniture, but his grandson, Baron Théodore-Marie-Charles-Joseph de Viron, obtained its extension to all of his descendants.[10]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Le château de Viron (in French).
- ↑ Parochie Sint-Jozef te Veeweide (Anderlecht), p. 3 (in Dutch).
- ↑ Obituary published in La Libre Belgique, 31 March 2016, p. 53.
- ↑ Obituary notice, La Libre, 3 July 2017, p. 52.
- ↑ Kloosterstraat, De Inventaris van het Bouwkundig Erfgoed (in Dutch).
- ↑ "Villa (ID: 206893)". De Inventaris van het Bouwkundig Erfgoed (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 September 2026.
- ↑ "Landhuis". De Inventaris van het Bouwkundig Erfgoed (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 September 2026.
- ↑ He was also a lawyer of the Sovereign Council of Brabant, a public conciliator in 1792, one of the Eight of the Drapers' Guild in 1793 and 1794, owner of Dilbeek Castle and mayor of Dilbeek from 1804 to 1810, a member of the general administrative council of the Brussels hospices from 1810 to 1822, a member of the electoral college of the Dyle, an auditor at the Chamber of Accounts from 1814 to 1819, a member of the Brussels city council in 1822 and 1823, and a member of the Administrative Commission of Belgium in 1814.
- ↑ This recognition of nobility was based on a genealogy that erroneously connected Jean-Bernard Viron (1764–1834) to Odot Viron, secretary to Charles V. Jean-François Houtart, Anciennes familles de Belgique, vol. LXI of the Office généalogique et héraldique de Belgique, Brussels, 2008, p. 403.
- ↑ Oscar Coomans de Brachène, État présent de la noblesse belge, 1983 yearbook, part 1, Vi–Wh, Collection “État présent”, 1983, p. 1.
Bibliography
[edit]- Jean-François Houtart, Anciennes familles de Belgique, vol. LXI of the Office généalogique et héraldique de Belgique, Brussels, 2008, p. 403. (in French)
- Félix-Victor Goethals, Dictionnaire des familles nobles du royaume de Belgique, vol. 4, 1852. (in French)
- José Anne de Molina, Odot Viron. Un anoblissement par Charles-Quint, vol. XXXVI of the Office généalogique et héraldique de Belgique, Brussels, 1986, p. 17. (in French)
See also
[edit]Category:Belgian noble families Category:Dilbeek Category:Anderlecht