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.1^st 1514 Louise, dau of Gaston de Foix, Cte de Candale; m.2^nd 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, 2^nd Prince d’Epinoy (d.15 Jun 1579)

2d) Jacques (d.young)

3d) Pierre, 3^rd Pr d’Epinoy, etc (d.1594); m.1^st 2 Jul 1572 Philippine Christine (d.Antwerp 9 Jun 1582), dau of Cte Charles de Lalaing; m.2^nd ca 1586 Hippolyte (d.after 1618), dau of Jean de Montmorency, sn de Bours

1e) [ex 1] Matthias (d.ca 1582)

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2e) Guillaume, 4^th Pr d’Epinoy, Gov of Hainaut (8 Mar 1588-Saint-Quentin 8 Sep 1635); m.1^st 17 Oct 1612 Maria Mencia von Witthem, Marquise de Bergen-op-Zoom, Cts de Walhain, etc (dsp); m.2^nd Brussels 13 Jun 1615 Pss Ernestine von Arenberg (Brussels 31 Oct 1589-Abbeville 12 Jun 1653)

1f) Claire Marie, a nun at Abbeville (25 Aug 1616-16 Dec 1652)

2f) Antoine, 5^th Pr d’Epinoy (k.a.5 Jul 1641)

3f) Anne, Marquise de Richebourg, a nun at Mons (18 Feb 1619-13 Aug 1679)

4f) Marie Madeleine, a nun at Mons (d.after 1707)

5f) Alexandre Guillaume de Melun, 6^th Pr d’Epinoy, etc, Gov of Hainaut (d.16 Feb 1679); m.1^st 19 Apr 1665 Louise Anne (1641-Epinoy 14 Sep 1666), dau of Louis de Béthune, Duc de Charost; m.2^nd 29 Apr 1668 Jeanne Pélagie (ca 1651-18 Aug 1698), dau of Henri Chabot, Duc de Rohan

1g) Louise Marie Thérèse (Sep 1666-Paris 16 Oct 1683); m.23 Feb 1679 Armand e Béthune, Duc de Charost (d.23 Oct 1747)

2g) Marie Marguerite Françoise (7 May 1671-4 Apr 1759)

3g) Anne (11 Aug 1672-2 Nov 1734)

4g) Louis, 7^th Pr d’Epinoy, etc (31 Oct 1673-Strasbourg 24 Sep 1704); m.7 Oct 1691 Elisabeth, Cts de Walhain (Nancy 5 Apr 1664-Paris 7 Mar 1748), dau of François Marie de Lorraine, Pr de Lillebonne

1h) Louis, 8^th Pr d’Epinoy, 1714 Duc de Joyeuse, 1721 Marquis de Roubaix, Cte de St.Pol, etc (Oct 1694-Chantilly 31 Jul 1724); m.1^st 23 Feb 1716 Armande (1697-13 Apr 1717), nat. dau of Emmanuel Théodose de la Tour-d’Auvergne, Cardinal; m.2^nd ca 1719 Marie Anne de Bourbon-Condé (Paris 16 Oct 1697-Paris 11 Aug 1741)

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 (14 Dec 1674-Dec 1691)

6f) Henri, Marquis de Richebourg (d.Portugal Jan 1664)

7f) Isabelle Claire (test 1676)

8f) Charles Alexander Albert, Bggve of Ghent (d.1675); m.12 Feb 1664 Renée de Rupière

1g) Alexandre, Bggve of Ghent; m.ca 1690 Elisabeth (25 Mar 1663-21 Sep 1707), dau of Charles de Rohan, Duc de Montbazon

1h) Louise Jeanne Armande; m.1^st Oct 1734 [see note below] her uncle, Gabriel de Melun; m.2^nd 5 May 1742 Guilbert, Marquis de Langheac

2g) Ambroise, Marquis de Melun; m.Françoise Charlotte de Monchy

1h) Jean Alexandre Théodore, Cte de Melun (25 Jan 1710-16 Jan 1738); m.Louise Elisabeth de Melun (below)

1i) Marie Gabrielle Charlotte (24 Oct 1736- )

2i) Louise Elisabeth (17 Jan 1738-d.after 1786); m.9 Oct 1758 Philippe Alexandre Emmanuel François Joseph, Pr de Ghistelles

3g) Gabriel, Bggve of Ghent (1674/5-21 Aug 1739); m.Oct 1734 [see note below] his niece, Louise Jeanne Armade de Melun

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 Hainaut (d.7 Feb 1690); m.Feb 1665 Marie Thérèse (d.1714), dau of Balthasar Philippe de Gand-Vilain, Pr de Masmines (and later wife of Jean Dominique, Cte de Maldeghem)

1g) Louise Rufine, a nun at Mons (7 Jan 1657- )

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 1 Nov 1754); m.Munich 25 Feb 1702 Ferdinand Gf von Wartenberg (d.4 Apr 1730)

6g) Charles Henri Guillaume, Marquis de Richebourg, Viceroy of Galicia (d.Barcelona 6 Oct 1734); m.Css Marie Françoise d’Ursel (d.14 Aug 1720)

1h) Anne Françoisem Abbess of Sézanne, Abbess of St.Pierre, Lyon (1690-ca 1772)

2h) Marie Lydie Albertine, Marquise de Richebourg (1695-Lille 13 Dec 1746)

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 Mons 1640

11f) Françoise Alberte, a nun at Mons

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.1^st 1565 Floris Gf von Horn (d.15 Oct 1570); m.2^nd 12 Nov 1581 Florent de Berlaymont

6d) Marie, Bggvne of Ghent, Dame de Cysoing, de Roubais, d’Antoing (d.25 Jul 1634); m.7 Sep 1584 Lamoral, Prince de Ligne (d.6 Feb 1624)

2c) Claude; m.ca 1531 Adrien de Croy, Cte de Le Roeulx (k.a.5 Jun 1553)

2b) Marie (d.after Sep 1536); m.1^st 30 Nov 1505 Johan von Brugge, lord of Gruythuyse; m.2^nd Jacques de Chabannes, sn de La Palice

2a) Hugues, Bggve of Ghent, sn de Caumont, d’Aubigny, et de Bucquoy-en-Artois, imperial Gov of Arras (d.17 Oct 1524); m.Johanna, dau of Arnold von Horn Vcte de Veurne

1b) Jean, Bggve of Ghent, d.1551; m.ca 1525 Elisabeth (8 May 1506-ca 1562), dau of Philipp Gf von Waldeck-Eisenberg

1c) Maximilien, Bggve of Ghent, Baron de Caumont, Gov of Arras (d.28 Jun 1572); m.28 May 1555 Anne (d.22 Apr 1603), dau of Georges Rolin, sn de Beauchamp (and later wife of Robert de Melun (above))

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 Arras (d.5 Feb 1511); m.ca 1490 Adrienne, Bggvne of Furnes (d.16 Aug 1525), dau of Wilhelm von Stavele, and widow of Jean de Croy

4a) François, Bp of Arras and Thérouanne (test 1521)

5a) Jeanne, a nun at Ste.Waudru, Mons

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 Mons (Oct 1458- )

9a) Hélène (d.after 1504); m.ca 1490 Rikalt von Merode

10a) Marguerite (Apr 1468-5 Oct 1532); m.Mar 1493 Johan von Merode