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Personal data Willem de Méra 


Household of Willem de Méra

He is married to Catharina van Aelst.Source 1

They got married


Notes about Willem de Méra

"Tijdens herstellingswerken aan de St.-Gertrudiskerk te Landen (Brabant), werden twee oude grafstenen blootgelegd. .
De eerste is die van de familie van der Meer of de Mera,
uit Tongeren afkomstig. :
HIER LIGGHEN BEGRAVE DIE EER/SAME PERSONEN WILLEM
DE MERA/DE AUDE, SCHEPEN DER STADT LAN/DEN STERFT
DE 9 JANUARI J 1644/ ENDE CATHARINA VA AELST SIJNE/
HUIJSVRAUWE STERFT DEN l FEBRUA/1624 BIDT GODT VOOR
HUN ZIELEN/
Er boven staan de familiewapens 'de Mera' en 'van Aelst'.
DE MERA. In zilver, drie rechts gewende haantjes van keel geplaatst 2-1
(op de grafzerk echter uit heraldische beleefdheid links gewende
haantjes); VAN AELST. In (zilver), een kalvariekruis van (keel) geplaatst op een (trap of grond) van (sinopel)." Source Vlaamse Stam, p 127, 1965.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Willem de Méra

Willem de Méra
????-1591
Gertrude Loyarts
????-1577
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Willem de Méra
????-1644


Catharina van Aelst
????-1624


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Sources

  1. Vlaamse Stam, p 127, 1965.

Historical events

Day of death January 9, 1644

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1644: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 29 » Abel Tasman's second Pacific voyage begins.
    • March 18 » The Third Anglo-Powhatan War begins in the Colony of Virginia.
    • April 25 » The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming dynasty China, commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.
    • May 25 » Ming general Wu Sangui forms an alliance with the invading Manchus and opens the gates of the Great Wall of China at Shanhaiguan pass, letting the Manchus through towards the capital Beijing.
    • June 5 » The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor take Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.
    • October 13 » A Swedish–Dutch fleet defeats the Danish fleet at Fehmarn and captures about 1,000 prisoners.


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