Arnold II (ca. 1219 - +1261/1264) bouwde het patrimonium verder uit. In tegenstelling tot
zijn vader blijkt uit de bronnen dat hij deel uitmaakte van de adel.(62) De heren van Wezemaal
behoorden in de dertiende eeuw zelfs tot één van de belangrijkste adellijke families binnen het
hertogdom Brabant. Ze trouwden met dochters van de hertog van Brabant, traden op als voogd
voor de minderjarige hertogelijke kinderen en waren bij machte een indrukwekkend kasteel
te bouwen.(63) Arnold II was ook de eerste die de titel hertogelijke maarschalk gebruikte. De
maarschalk was een soort van stafchef van het leger. Hij stond in voor de dagelijkse leiding van
het hertogelijk leger en voerde het opperbevel bij afwezigheid van de hertog.
Na het overlijden van Arnold II in 1261 of 1264, kwam aan de uitbreiding van het familiebezit een
einde. Er vond een eerste verdeling onder verschillende erfgenamen plaats.,Wezemaal kwam
toe aan de oudste zoon Arnold III (1261/1264 - 1266). In 1266 leidde Arnold III van Wezemaal
een opstand tegen hertogin Aleidis van Brabant en Jan I van Brabant. Arnold III verloor echter de
veldslag aan de Leeps bij Tildonk en moest een groot aantal toegevingen doen. Arnold III trad in
bij de orde der Tempeliers. Zijn broer Godfried, inmiddels heer van Perk, werd nu ook heer van
Wezemaal (1266 - 1272/1274).64 Een jongere broer van Arnold III, Gerard I van Wezemaal, erfde
in 1287 het land van Bergen op Zoom. Aldus ontstond via hem een tweede tak van de familie, die
onder andere de titel van heer van Bergen op Zoom droeg.
62) Tits-Dieuaide, 1958
63) Van Ermen, 1982 & 1984
64) Arnold III had geen nakomelingen.
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RAAP-RAPPORT 2439
Studieopdracht naar een archeologische evaluatie en waardering van de kasteelsite te Wezemaal
Gemeente Rotselaar
Provincie Vlaams-Brabant
lic.ing. D.M.G. Keijers & lic. B. Tops
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https://www.winar.be/images/download/KasteelWezemaal.pdf
Hij is getrouwd met Beatrix van Breda.
Zij zijn getrouwd
Kind(eren):
ARNOUT [II] van Wesemaal, son of ARNOUT [I] Heer van Wesemaal & his wife --- ([1185/95?]-[5 Feb 1261/May 1265]). Butkens records his parentage (no source cited)[1003]. His birth date is suggested based on the likely birth date of his oldest son, bearing mind his last mention in 1261. Heer van Wesemaal and grootmaarschalk van Brabant. A charter dated May 1223 records an agreement between "Gerardus dominus de Grimberg" and "dominum nostrum ducem Lotharingiæ" which names "…Arnoldum de Wesemule…"[1004]. "Arnoldus dominus de Wesemale" donated land "jacentis in parochia de Wambeca in voco Lumbeca" to Ninove, for the salvation of "mei et uxoris meæ Beatricis", by charter dated 1229[1005]. "Arnoldus d’Aa" confirmed "decimam illam" to the nuns of Beaupré, and committed the consent of "Domini Arnoldi de Wesemaele aut Domini Arnoldi Crainhem aut Domini Theodorici mariti neptis meæ", by charter dated 1232[1006]: the precise family connections between Arnoul van de Aa and the Wesemael and Kraainhem families have not been ascertained. Henri I Duke of Brabant confirmed that “consanguineus noster Arnoldus de Wesemale” had donated “decimam...in parochia de Lintre” to “conventus Vallis Virginum” [Oplinter] by charter dated 1231 “feria quinta ante dominicum qua cantantur”[1007]. “Arnoldus miles de Wesemals” donated “decimam...in villa Oplinter” to “sororibus Vallis Virginum” [Oplinter] by charter dated May 1232[1008]. “Ernoul chevalier sire de Wesemale et dame Béatrix son épouse” donated property to Epinlieu abbey, with the consent of “leur fils Ernoul”, by charter dated 2 Dec 1244[1009]. “Arnoldus dominus de Wesemale” clarified rights of Oplinter by charter dated Feb 1245 (O.S.?), sealed by himself and “Arnulphi filii nostri primogeniti”[1010]. “Arnoldus dominus de Wesemale...et Arnoldus filius meus” confirmed that “Godefridus de Lovenjol miles et feodatus meus” had sold land to l’Ile-Duc monastery by charter dated Jul 1247[1011]. "Arnoldus dominus de Wesemale..." witnessed the 18 Jun 1252 charter of Willem II Count of Holland, King of Germany[1012]. "Arnoldus dominus de Wesemaele" notified that the duke of Brabant had sealed the donation of "duarum partium majoris decimæ de Westerlo" made by "filio meo primogenito domino Arnoldo" to Tongerloo abbey by charter dated [22] Jul 1254[1013]. "Arnoldus dominus de Wesemale et Aleydis uxor eius comitissa Alverniæ" swore to restore to the duke of Brabant revenue from "vivarium de Durasch" by charter dated 22 Jul 1260[1014]. “Arnoldus dominus de Wesemale” confirmed that "Joannes de Arschot" donated his rights in “patronatus de Werde et de Langdorpe” to Louvain Saint-Gertrude by charter dated 21 Dec 1260[1015]. "Robertus comes Alverniæ" confirmed his agreement with Henri Duke of Brabant that, if “Arnoldum dominum de Wesemale” died before “domina Aleyde comitissa Arverniæ uxore sua”, the latter would be invested with the county of Boulogne, by charter dated 5 Feb 1260 (O.S.)[1016]. Arnout [II] died before May 1265 when his son Arnout [III] is named Heer van Wesemaal, as noted below.
[m firstly (before [1215/20?]) --- de Montferrant, daughter of IWAN de Montferrant & his wife --- (-before 1222?). This supposed first marriage is problematic. Dongelberghe records that “Arnoldus dominus de Wesemal miles senior” [from the context indicating Arnout [II], although Dongelberghe appears to conflate him with Arnout [I]] married “filiam natu maiorem Iwani domini de Montferrant” with whom he was living in 1220 (no source cited)[1017]. Jacques de Hemricourt records that, of the “onze filhes monss. Iwen de Montferat”, the eldest married “alle saingnor de Wezemale en Braybant...mess. Ernus de Vivirs”[1018]. Testing the uncertain chronology of the children of Iwan de Montferrant against the Wesemaal family is difficult, although the death of her supposed brother Adam de Montferrant “after Mar 1262” appears consistent with his oldest sister marrying Arnout [II]. Hemricourt’s reference to “de Vivirs” has not been explained. If the marriage is correct, she died before [1222], the suggested date of her supposed husband’s marriage to Beatrix van Breda.]
m [firstly/secondly] ([before 1222?]) BEATRIX van Breda, daughter of GODEFRID [II] Heer van Breda & his wife Lutgarde van Kuyc (-[2 Dec 1244/Mar 1251]). Europäische Stammtafeln dates her marriage to “before 1222”[1019]. If that is correct, Beatrix was already married when named in the following document: “Lutgardis domina de Scotis” donated “duodecim libras Flandrensis monete...apud Serber et...apud Perke loco...Bukt” to Antwerp St. Michiel, with the consent of “liberis meis...Godefrido, Egidio, Henrico, Sophia et Beatrice”, by charter dated 19 Apr 1219[1020]. Beatrix’s inclusion in this document suggests that she was not yet married at the time. "Arnoldus dominus de Wesemale" donated land "jacentis in parochia de Wambeca in voco Lumbeca" to Ninove, for the salvation of "mei et uxoris meæ Beatricis", by charter dated 1229[1021]. “Ernoul chevalier sire de Wesemale et dame Béatrix son épouse” donated property to Epinlieu abbey, with the consent of “leur fils Ernoul”, by charter dated 2 Dec 1244[1022].
m [secondly/thirdly] ([1247/21 Apr 1251]) as her third husband, ALEIDIS de Brabant, widow firstly of ARNAUD [III] Comte de Looz Graf von Rieneck and secondly of GUILLAUME [X] Comte d'Auvergne, daughter of HENRI I Duke of Brabant & his first wife Mathilde de Flandre (-[5 Feb 1261/1267]). Butkens names Aleidis as the second wife of Arnout [III] van Wesemaal[1023], which is disproved by the documents cited in this section. "Robertus comes Claremontis et Alverniæ, Aleydis mater eius, et Arnoldus dominus de Wensemale maritus" confirmed agreement concerning property by charter dated 21 Apr 1251[1024]. Her third marriage is confirmed by a letter dated Jun 1260 from "Ernoul chevalier Sire de Wesemale et Alys que fu contesse d’Auvergne sa femme" granted their rights in the county of Boulogne to "nostre cousine germaine la contesse Mahaut de Boloigne"[1025]. "Arnoldus dominus de Wesemale et Aleydis uxor eius comitissa Alverniæ" swore to restore to the duke of Brabant revenue from "vivarium de Durasch" by charter dated 22 Jul 1260[1026]. "Robertus comes Alverniæ" confirmed his agreement with Henri Duke of Brabant that, if “Arnoldum dominum de Wesemale” died before “domina Aleyde comitissa Arverniæ uxore sua”, the latter would be invested with the county of Boulogne, by charter dated 5 Feb 1260 (O.S.)[1027].
Mistress (1): MACHTELD van Rivieren, daughter of ---. The primary source which confirms her name and relationship with Arnout [II] has not been identified.
Arnout [II] & his [first/second] wife had five children:
ARNOUT [III] van Wesemaal ([1215/20?]-[1291]).
GODFRIED (-before May 1276)
GERARD [II] van Wesemaal (-[1306/12 Mar 1309]).
HENDRIK van Wesemaal (-after 1268).
ADELISE van Wesemaal
Bronnen:
[1003] Butkens (1724), Vol. II, pp. 123, 126.
[1004] Butkens (1724), Vol. I, Preuves, p. 70, "Extraicts du registre des chartes de Brabant".
[1005] De Smet (1841), Tome II, Appendices, CLIII, p. 860.
[1006] Butkens (1724), Vol. II, p. 106.
[1007] Bets, P. V. (1870) Geschiedenis der gemeenten Oplinter, Bunsbeek en Hauthem, alsook der abdij van Oplinter (Leuven), 15, p. 221.
[1008] Bets (1870), 19, p. 224.
[1009] Devillers (1867), Tome III, XCIII, p. 46.
[1010] Bets (1870), 30, p. 235.
[1011] Van Even E. (1860) Brabandsch Museum voor oudheden en geschiedenis (Leeuven), p. 245, footnote 1.
[1012] Oorkondenboek Holland Eerste afdeeling, Eerste deel (1866), 564, p. 298.
[1013] Butkens (1724), Vol. I, Preuves, p. 93.
[1014] Butkens (1724), Vol. I, Preuves, p. 98
[1015] Miraeus (1723), Tome I, CXVI, p. 428.
[1016] Baluze (1708) Auvergne, Tome II, p. 105.
[1017] Dongelberghe (1690), p. 130.
[1018] Hemricourt (1673), pp. 266-7.
[1019] ES XXVII 29.
[1020] Oorkondenboek Noord-Brabant, II, Eerste stuk, 950, p. 175.
[1021] De Smet (1841), Tome II, Appendices, CLIII, p. 860.
[1022] Devillers (1867), Tome III, XCIII, p. 46.
[1023] Butkens (1724), Vol. II, pp. 123, 126.
[1024] Baluze (1708) Auvergne, Tome II, p. 108.
[1025] Butkens (1724), Vol. I, Preuves, p. 98, "Lettre tirée des chartes de Brabant".
[1026] Butkens (1724), Vol. I, Preuves, p. 98
[1027] Baluze (1708) Auvergne, Tome II, p. 105.
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