TheHouse of Glymes was an oldBelgian noble family, an illegitimate branch of theHouse of Reginarid, which ruled theDuchy of Brabant. Glymes or Glimes is a municipality ofIncourt. Their descendants of the Grimberghen branch held the titlePrince de Grimberghen.
The house was founded by Jan Cordeken,[1] Lord of Glymes, illegitimate son ofJohn II, Duke of Brabant. It was legitimized byEmperor Louis IV.[2] John I obtained Bergen by marriage to Joanne of Boutersem. The house died out when the descendants of Henri Nicolas de Glymes de Hollebecque (1755–-1813) died without heirs.
The oldest generations called themselves in Frenchde Glymes or in Dutchvan Glimes. The younger branch of the Lords, Counts and Princes of Grimbergen called themselves in Frenchde Berghes.[3][4]
The family had many important possessions: since 1559 they were the Margraves ofBergen op Zoom, in FrenchBerghes-sur-le-Zoom. Other notable possessions are: Florennes, Glimes, Grimberghen, Zevenkercke, Bierbais, Opprebais, Walhain, la Falize, ...
There were several canons, abbesses and three bishops of Cambrai, a bishop of Antwerp andPrince-Bishop of Liege amongst the clergy of this family.
This branch inherited by marriageLa Falize Castle. The descendants of Antoine of Glymes, Lord of Limettes and his 3rd wife Anne of Hosden, Lady of La Falize are named Glymes-Brabant.[5] Their descendants moved to Spain, and made a successful career at the Spanish court; amongst them Honoré-Ignace de Glymes-Brabant who was in 1765 Viceroy of Navarra.
Antoine of Glymes; married toAnne, Lady of La Falize.
Gilles I of Glymes, Lord of La Falize; married to Joanne de Cerf.
Alphonse Dominique François de Berghes, 2nd Prince of Grimberghen, died 1721: Grande of Spain, 1st Class. Marr. Anne Henriette of Rohan-Chabot, daughter ofLouis, Duke of Rohan.
^Taxandria, Volume 5 /Wilhelmus Johannes Franciscus Juten,G. C. A. Juten
^Revue D'histoire Et D'archéologie, Volume 4 / The Society, 1864
^Het doorluchtig huis van Bergen op Zoom: een overzicht van de geschiedenis van de heren en markiezen van Bergen op Zoom, hun verwanten en hun bezittingen (1287-1795) / Willem A. van Ham Europese Bibliotheek, 1977
^Jan metten lippen, zijn familie en zijn stad: een geschiedenis der bergen-op-zoomsche heeren van Glymes / C. J. F. Slootmans A. Donker, 1945
^Dictionnaire généalogique et héraldique des familles nobles du ..., Volume 2 /Félix-Victor Goethals