MELUN
This family descends from one Adam Vicomte de Melun (fl 1200).
Jean de Melun, Burggrave of Ghent, Sire d’Antoing,
de Caumont et de Rosny (d.25 Oct 1513); m.ca 1451
Marie (d.18 Dec 1508), dau of Robert von Saarbrücken
1a) Jean (d.29 Jul 1502); m.Isabelle, Dame de
Richebourg-en-Artois, dau of Jacques de Luxembourg, sn
de Richebourg
1b) François de Melun, 1514 Cte
d’Epinoy, Baron d/Antoing, de Bohain, de Richebourg, de Boubers, etc
(d.1542); m.1st 1514 Louise, dau of Gaston de Foix, Cte de Candale;
m.2nd Anna (dsp), nat. dau of Emperor Maximilian I
1c) Hugues de Melun, 1543
Prince d’Epinoy (k.a.13 Aug 1553); m.ca 1543
Yolande (d.16 May 1593), dau of Pierre, Baron de Werchin
1d) Charles, 2nd Prince
d’Epinoy (d.15 Jun 1579)
2d) Jacques (d.young)
3d) Pierre, 3rd Pr d’Epinoy,
etc (d.1594); m.1st
1e) [ex 1] Matthias (d.ca 1582)
[by 2nd
m.]:
2e) Guillaume, 4th Pr
d’Epinoy, Gov of
1f) Claire Marie, a nun at
Abbeville (
2f) Antoine, 5th Pr
d’Epinoy (k.a.5 Jul 1641)
3f) Anne, Marquise de
Richebourg, a nun at
4f) Marie Madeleine, a nun at
5f) Alexandre Guillaume de
Melun, 6th Pr d’Epinoy, etc, Gov of
1g) Louise Marie Thérèse (Sep
1666-Paris
2g) Marie Marguerite Françoise
(
3g) Anne (
4g) Louis, 7th Pr d’Epinoy,
etc (
1h) Louis, 8th Pr d’Epinoy,
1714 Duc de Joyeuse, 1721 Marquis de Roubaix, Cte de St.Pol, etc (Oct
1694-Chantilly
2h) Anna Julie Adélaide (1698-6
May 1724); m.16 Sep 1714 Jules François Louis de Rohan, Pr de Soubise (d.6 May
1724)
5g) François Michel Auguste (
6f) Henri, Marquis de
Richebourg (d.Portugal Jan 1664)
7f) Isabelle Claire (test 1676)
8f) Charles Alexander Albert,
Bggve of
1g) Alexandre, Bggve of
1h) Louise Jeanne Armande; m.1st
Oct 1734 [see note below] her uncle, Gabriel de Melun; m.2nd
2g) Ambroise, Marquis de Melun;
m.Françoise Charlotte de Monchy
1h) Jean Alexandre Théodore,
Cte de Melun (
1i) Marie Gabrielle Charlotte (
2i) Louise Elisabeth (
3g) Gabriel, Bggve of
1h) Louise Elisabeth (13 Dec
1712-17 May 1755); m.Jean Alexandre Théodore Cte de Melun (above); note; E.S.
Band XXVIII, Tafel 89, has her as here, dau of Gabriel, whose only listed
marriage is said to be in 1734 to his niece Louise Jeanne Armande; since Louise
Elisabeth was born in 1712, either she was born to an earlier unlisted
marriage, or the 1734 marriage date is in error; since Louise Jeanne Armande’s
parents were married in 1690, it seems likely that she married Gabriel much
earlier than 1734
9f) Henri François Philippe,
Marquis de Richebourg, Gov of
1g) Louise Rufine, a nun at
2g) Louise Eugénie (1665- ); m.1690 Maximilien de la Woéstine de
Becelaere (d.1729)
3g) Marie Josèphe Elisabeth;
m.9 Apr 1690 Charles de Monchy, sn de Sénarpont
4g) Marie Madeleine; m.21 Apr
1690 NN
5g) Marie Jeanne Baptiste (ca
1684-Pfaffstätt
6g) Charles Henri Guillaume,
Marquis de Richebourg, Viceroy of
1h) Anne Françoisem Abbess of Sézanne,
Abbess of St.Pierre,
2h) Marie Lydie Albertine,
Marquise de Richebourg (1695-Lille
7g) Christian; m.Marie Josèphe
de Jauche, Cts de Mastaing (ca 1691-10 Jan 1768), later wife of Antoine Henri d’Oignies
8g) Jean François, Cte de
Beausart; m.Marie Volkaers de Walden (d.17 Nov 1728)
1h) Joseph (d.1742)
10f) Claire Catherine, a nun at
11f) Françoise Alberte, a nun
at
3e) Henri (k.in duel 1607)
4e) Henri (d.1602)
5e) Pierre Anne, Bggve of
Ghent, Marquis de Richebourg (d.Nov 1638)
6e) Anne (1590/1-18 Oct 1666);
m.ca 1611 Alexandre, Duc de Bournonville (d.2 Mar 1656)
7e) Pierre Hippolyte Anna (d.16
Feb 1615); m.22 Sep 1610 Pr Philippe von Arenberg, Duc d’Arschot et de Croy (d.25 Sep 1640)
4d) Robert, 1572 Bggve of
Ghent, 1579 Marquis de Roubaix, Baron de Cysoing, de Werchin, etc, Gov of
Artois (k.a.Antwerp 4 Apr 1585); m.9 Jun 1576 Anne Rolin (d.22 Apr 1603), widow
of his cousin, Maximilien de Melun (bwlow)
5d) Hélène (d.19 May 1590); m.1st
1565 Floris Gf von Horn (d.15 Oct 1570); m.2nd
6d) Marie, Bggvne of
2c) Claude; m.ca 1531 Adrien de
Croy, Cte de Le Roeulx (k.a.5 Jun 1553)
2b) Marie (d.after Sep 1536);
m.1st
2a) Hugues, Bggve of Ghent, sn de
Caumont, d’Aubigny, et de Bucquoy-en-Artois, imperial Gov
of
1b) Jean, Bggve of Ghent,
d.1551; m.ca 1525 Elisabeth (
1c) Maximilien, Bggve of Ghent,
Baron de Caumont, Gov of
2b) Marguerite; m.ca 1518
Antoine d’Ailly, vidame d’Amiens, Baron de Picquigny (d.1548)
3b) Honorine (d.21 Oct 1590);
m.ca 1523 Jean de Jauche
4b) Anne; m.ca 1529 Jean de
Béthune, Baron de Baye et de Rosny (d.1554)
5b) Adrienne, a nun at La Bassée
(d.19 Oct 1551)
3a) Robert, Baron de Rsony, Gov of
4a) François, Bp of
5a) Jeanne, a nun at Ste.Waudru,
6a) Philipotte (d.after 1515); m.Friedrich von Horn (d.30
Nov 1486)
7a) Guillemette (Mar 1457- ); m.ca 1485 Louis de Bournel
8a) Jacqueline, a nun at
9a) Hélène (d.after 1504); m.ca 1490 Rikalt von Merode
10a) Marguerite (Apr 1468-5 Oct 1532); m.Mar 1493 Johan
von Merode