L'illustre et noble Maison d'Oultremont et ses alliances » Guillaume III de Melun (1588-1635)

Personal data Guillaume III de Melun 

  • He was born on March 8, 1588.
  • Title: prince d'Epinoy, marquis de Richebourg, vicomte de Gand et de Beaussart, prince du Saint Empire
  • Profession: prince d'Epinoy.
  • He died on September 8, 1635 in Saint-Quentin, he was 47 years old.
  • A child of Pierre de Melun and Hypolite de Montmorency

Household of Guillaume III de Melun

He is married to Ernestine S.A.S. princesse d'Arenberg.

They got married on November 3, 1615, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  4. Ambroise de Melun  ????-1641
  5. Henri II de Melun  ????-1664
  7. RM Anne de Melun  1618-1679


Notes about Guillaume III de Melun

Blason en 1630 du castelet d'entrée au château de Biez, avec collier de chevalier de La Toison d'Or. Le pendant est celui d'Ernestine d'Arenberg qui surmonte la sortie de ce même porche. Note sur BIEZ: Les premières mentions du Château du Biez remontent au XIIe siècle. Vers 1260, le propriétaire est un certain Robert seigneur de Vergne ou de Vergnies qui épouse sa fille à Jean d'Antoing. Au milieu du XIVe siècle, Isabelle d'Antoing épouse Gérard de Werchin, pair et sénéchal héréditaire de Hainaut. Ce site devient le lieu résidentiel des illustres noms de la famille de Werchin. Le roi de France, Charles V, y vient même le 17 septembre 1368. Plusieurs ducs de Bourgogne s’y rendent également. Au XVe siècle, l'héritage entre dans la famille des Barbençon qui doivent reprendre le nom et les armes de Werchin (1444). Durant la guerre avec les Espagnols, Guillaume de Melun transforme le du Biez en résidence principale et restaure l'entrée du site (1630). Lorsque la guerre reprend entre l'Espagne et la Hollande, en 1634, il est accusé de trahison et doit fuir le territoire. Le château est alors à nouveau occupé par des soldats espagnols. Dès ce moment, il ne fera plus office de demeure permanente.

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Historical events

Birthday March 8, 1588

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1588: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 28 » The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal, heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port.)
    • May 30 » The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
    • July 19 » Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel.
    • July 31 » The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England.
    • August 8 » Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.
    • October 1 » Coronation of Shah Abbas I of Persia.

Day of marriage November 3, 1615

  • Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1615: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 21 » The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta.
    • June 2 » The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
    • June 4 » Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.

Day of death September 8, 1635

  • 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 1635: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 23 » The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.
    • May 30 » Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed.
    • June 28 » Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.
    • July 28 » In the Eighty Years' War the Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans.
    • July 30 » Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army.
    • November 22 » Dutch colonial forces on Taiwan launch a pacification campaign against native villages, resulting in Dutch control of the middle and south of the island.


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