House of Steenweeghs
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The House of Steenweeghs or Steenweeghs Lineage (French: Lignage Steenweeghs) is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels, along with Roodenbeke, Sleeus, Serhuyghs, Sweerts, Serroelofs, and Coudenberg.[1][2][3][4]
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Place of origin |  Brussels |
The House of Steenweeghs was charged in 1383 with the defence of the Leuven Gate, and was assisted as of 1422 by the Nation of St John.
Escutcheon
Gules (Brussels), five escallops in a cross.
The Seven Noble Houses of Brussels
The Seven Noble Houses of Brussels (French: Sept lignages de Bruxelles, Dutch: Zeven geslachten van Brussel) were the seven families of Brussels whose descendants formed the city's patrician class, to whom special privileges were granted until the end of the Ancien Régime. Together with the Guilds of Brussels, they formed the city's bourgeoisie.
Notable people
| Name | Birth | Death | Admitted | Known for | Ref. |
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| Philippe de l'Espinoy | 1552 | 1633 | 3 February 1590 | Historian, genealogist and heraldist. | [5] |
