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Family

Parents

Sweder of Abcoude is the son of Gisbert III of Abcoude and Jeanne of Hornes († 1356).

Marriage and descent

He had three children from his marriage in 1372 with Anne of Leiningen († 1447): * Jeanne of Abcoude, born around 1376; married on 8 May 1388 with Jean III de Namur, died in 1429. * Jacques of Abcoude, Lord of Gaasbeek, Putten, Strijen, Abcoude, Wijk, Durstede and Cranendonk, c. 1389-1459; married Jeanne de Ligne in 1415. Their son, Antoine, died of cholera at the age of 9. * Jola of Abcoude († 1443); married to Hubert V of Culemborg († 1424).

Natural children

Outside of his marriage, Sweder had 1 more boy and 7 girls: * Guillaume of Gaasbeek, or of Clèves, born around 1365; married on 3 December 1395 with Marguerite Fraybaert; without descendants. He was one of

' aggressors. * Clémentine of Gaasbeek, born circa 1365; married to Jean van de Voorde * Bélia of Gaasbeek, born circa 1365; married to Gérard de Facuez, Lord of Muelesteen * Reyner of Gaasbeek, born circa 1366; married in 1383 to Henri van Zuut Oert * Béatrisen of Gaasbeek, born circa 1366; married in 1380 to Jan van der Borch * Sophie of Gaasbeek, married around 1428 with Hendrick van Lockhorst * Ida of Gaasbeek, died in 1444; married to Jean van Stalle * Mobilia of Gaasbeek, died in 1418.

Notes and references

Bibliography

* Sergio Boffa, ''Le différend entre Sweder d'Abcoude et la ville de Bruxelles : la chute du château de Gaesbeek (mars-avril 1388), in : ''Les Pays-Bas bourguignons, histoire et institutions (Mélanges André Uyttebrouck)'', Brussels, 1996, (disponible su
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* H. C. Van Parijs, ''Sweder d'Abcoude, seigneur de Gaasbeek et sa descendance'', ''L'Intermédiaire : bulletin du service de centralisation des études généalogiques et démographiques de Belgique'', 1951, vol. 6, et 413-422 ; 1952, vol. 7, , , 113-117 et 167-169. {{DEFAULTSORT:Abcoude, Sweder 14th-century people from the Holy Roman Empire 1400 deaths Nobility of the Duchy of Brabant