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Personal data Guillaume de Melun 

  • He was born on March 8, 1588.
  • Title: prince, d'Epinoy
  • Title: comte, de Beaussart
  • Title: vicomte, de Gand
  • Title: seigneur, du Biez
  • Title: marquis, de Richebourg
  • Profession: Connétable de Flandres.
  • He died on September 8, 1635 in Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France, he was 47 years old.
  • A child of Pierre de Melun and Hippolyte de Montmorency

Household of Guillaume de Melun

(1) He is married to Marie Mencie de Witthem.

They got married on October 17, 1612, he was 24 years old.


(2) He is married to Ernestine Claire Eugénie d'Arenberg.

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


Child(ren):

  2. Ambroise de Melun  1618-1641
  3. Anne de Melun  1619-1679
  5. Henri de Melun  ????-1664


Notes about Guillaume de Melun

Lieutenant-Gouverneur et capitaine général du comté de Hainaut. Grand d'Espagne. Gouverneur de Mons et prévôt de Douai.

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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 12 » French Wars of Religion: Henry III of France flees Paris after Henry I, Duke of Guise, enters the city and a spontaneous uprising occurs.
    • 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.
    • 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
    • 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.
    • October 9 » Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.
    • 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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