Georges Dansaert PB, (21 January 187616 November 1960) was a Belgian lawyer, historian, poet,

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, and writer from Brussels. In 1938, he received the Hercule-Catenacci prize from the

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along with

Baudouin de Lannoy Baldwin van Lannoy, Lord of Molembais (1388–1474), nicknamed "Le Bègue" (The Stutterer), was a Flemish statesman, and ambassador for Philip the Good at the court of Henry V of England. He was born in 1388 in Hénin-Beaumont and died in 1474 in ...

for their book ''Jean de Lannoy le Bâtisseur, 1410–1493''. He descended from the Houses of Sleeus and Sweerts of the

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. The Dansaert family, now extinct, was an old and prominent ship-owning family from Brussels. He was a

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'' (Seven Noble Houses of Brussels organization). He was a donat of the

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.Xavier de Ghellinck Vaenewyck, ''Silhouettes d'ancêtres. Georges Dansaert'', dans : ''Le Parchemin'', n° 281, Bruxelles, p. 303

Publications

* ''Le lieutenant-général des Armées du Roi d'Espagne, Messire Guillaume René, comte de Baillencourt, baron d'Antigny'', Brussels, J. Van Acker, 1920; * ''Les Dansaert dits "Les Enfants du Canal" par un vieux Bruxellois. Une page d'histoire à propos du Canal de Willebroeck'', Brussels : Imprimerie J. Vanden Acker, (1921) * ''Preuves, titres et documents de la Maison de Baillencourt'', preface by the Count H. d'Ursel (1925); * ''Un jurisconsulte et prince de l'Eglise au XVIIe siècle, Monseigneur de Baillencourt, évêque de Bruges''. preface by Baron P. Verhaegen, Brussels, A. Dewit, (1927) * ''Les anciens vice-rois d'origine belge et divers autres'', preface by the

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(1928); * ''Les grands-drossards ou sénéchaux du pays et duché de Brabant'' (1928); * ''Le Blason de la Maison de Lannoy à travers les siècles'', Bruxelles, A. Dewit, preface by the Count d'Arschot-Schoonhoven (1928) * ''Un Fils de maréchal, le prince Louis de Ligne'', preface by the Baron de Troostenbergh (1929); * ''Les grands-veneurs de Brabant'', preface by the Duchess d'Uzès (1930); * Frédéric de Merode en 1830, preface by Valentin Brifaut, (1930) * ''Les conséquences curieuses d'un duel'', preface by the Prince-Duke of Bauffremont- Courtenay (1930); * ''Celui qu'on appelait le Beau Lannoy'' (1930); * ''Histoire de l’Ordre souverain et militaire de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem, dit de Rhodes ou de Malte en Belgique'', Preface by H.I. the Prince A. de Ligne (1932); * ''La « Pelote » ou une amitié amoureuse du prince Charles de Lorraine'' (1933); * ''Faire son chemin'', Histoire de la famille Desandrouin; * ''Une singularité héraldique'', published in Le Parchemin, OGHB, (1937); * ''Guillaume de Croy-Chièvres, dit le Sage'', préface du duc de La Force et de M. Brouwers, archiviste honoraire de l'État; * ''Elisabeth-Pauline, comtesse de Lauraguais'', preface by Mr. Laloire, state archivist; * ''Le vrai visage de La Fayette'', preface by Viscount Ch. Terlinden; * ''Les Baillencourt, prévôts de Mons'', introduction by Count R. de la Barre d'Erquelinnes; * ''L'Armorial des roys-d'armes A. F. Jaerens et Ch. Beydaels'' (1945); * ''Nouvel armorial belge, ancien et moderne'', précédé de l'art héraldique et ses diverses applications, Éditions J. Moorthamers, Brussels, 1949, 426 p. * Histoire de l'ordre de Malte en Belgique * Les Gouverneurs des Anciens Pays-Bas catholiques * Une belle figure de la femme aimante au XVIe siècle, Sabine de Bavière, comtesse Lamoral d'Egmont. preface by M. Cuvelier, general archivist of Belgium. As co-author : * Fernand de Ryckman de Betz, Georges Dansaert et l'abbé Thibaut de Maisières, De Nederlandsche Boekhandel, 1948, 394; * ''Armorial belge du bibliophile,'' co-author with the Viscount de Jonghe d'Ardoye and J. Havenith, 1930.

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