Belœil ( French pronunciation: [bɛlœj] ; Picard : Baileul ; Walloon : Beleul ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut , Belgium .
12-562: Beloeil or Belœil may refer to: Beloeil, Belgium , a municipality in Hainaut, Belgium Château of Belœil Beloeil, Quebec , a city in Quebec, Canada Mont Saint-Hilaire or Mont Beloeil, Quebec, Canada Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Beloeil . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
24-665: A Distribution postal code 126 with bars (before 1864), and 30 with points before 1874. - Quevaucamps on 13 March 1876. - Stambruges on 12 November 1888. - Ramegnies-Chin on 27 June 1896. Postal codes in 1969: - Aubechies 7672 - Basècles 7660 - Beloeil 7970 - Ellignies-Sainte-Anne 7671 - Quevaucamps 7670 - Ramegnies 7663 - Ramegnies-Chin 7721 - Stambruges 7980 - Thumaide 7662 - Wadelincourt 7661 Since at least October 1990: - 7520 Ramegnies-Chin - 7970 Beloeil - 7971 Basècles, Ramegnies, Thumaide, Wadelincourt - 7972 Aubechies, Ellignies-Sainte-Anne, Quevaucamps - 7973 Grandglise, Stambruges Apart from many members of
36-536: A place about 8 kilometres from Beloeil. The earliest recorded baron of the House of Ligne was Fastré de Ligne, signatory to a charter dated 1047 and others of the name mentioned in a charter of Baudouin IV, count of Hainaut, dated to 1123. Post-offices opening dates before 1910: - Beloeil on 28 June 1858. It used a Distribution postal code 8 with bars (before 1864), and 35 with points before 1874. - Basècles on 21 April 1862. It used
48-408: Is around 10 km south of Ath . On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 13,347 inhabitants. The total area is 61.55 km², giving a population density of 217 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following districts: Aubechies , Basècles , Belœil, Ellignies-Sainte-Anne , Grandglise , Quevaucamps , Ramegnies , Stambruges , Thumaide , and Wadelincourt . The municipality
60-540: Is named after the château of Belœil , once the seat of Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne , a military officer and man of letters who corresponded with Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire . The history of the chateau is nebulous but the original construction of a fort or castle at the site is generally thought to date to the 14th century. This site was the seat of the barons of the Ligne family originating from Ligne in Hainault,
72-622: The Holy Roman Empire , of which Edelstetten had been a constituent Imperial state , in 1806. The style of Highness was confirmed for all members of extant branches of the family on 31 May 1923, and the titles of Prince d'Amblise and Prince d'Epinoy recognized for the head of the house on 22 October of the same year by the Belgian Crown. There have been cadet branches of this house: Barbançon, Barbançon-Arenberg, Moÿ, Ham and Arenberg , La Trémoïlle . Within this family, there were
84-521: The House of Ligne , living in the castle, other famous people to have lived here include: House of Ligne The House of Ligne is one of the oldest Belgian noble families , dating back to the eleventh century. The family's name comes from the village of Ligne [ fr ] where it originated, between Ath and Tournai in what is now the Hainaut province of Belgium. Their progressive rise in
96-569: The Imperial County of Ligne (Fagnolles, since that barony had become seat of the county in 1789) as a result of the Peace of Lunéville consisted of substitution of the secularized Imperial abbey of Edelstetten, with an individual vote guaranteed in the Imperial College of Princes in 1803. That principality was, however, sold to Prince Nikolaus Esterházy on 22 May 1804, before the abolition of
108-523: The following abbots and abbesses: Claimants to the kingdoms of Jerusalem , Cyprus , Armenia , and Naples : Princess Sophie de Ligne (born 1957), of the House of Ligne, married Philippe de Nicolaÿ (born 1955) a director of the Rothschild group, great-grandson of Salomon James de Rothschild and member of the Nicolaÿ family . Archduchess Yolande of Austria (1923–2023), daughter of the 11th Prince of Ligne,
120-407: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beloeil&oldid=1055496042 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Beloeil, Belgium It
132-504: The nobility began as barons in the twelfth century, counts of Fauquemberg and princes of Épinoy in the sixteenth century, then princes of Amblise in 1608. The family became Imperial counts on 18 December 1544, then Lamoral I received from Emperor Rudolf II the title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire as Prince de Ligne on 20 March 1601, for all of his agnatic descendants, both male and female. Compensation for loss of
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#1733085921592144-455: Was the daughter-in-law of Emperor Charles I of Austria . Alix, Princess of Ligne (1929–2019), wife of the 13th Prince of Ligne was born Princess of Luxembourg as daughter of Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg and Felix of Bourbon-Parma . Her daughter is Princess Yolande de Ligne (b.1963), daughter-in-law of Peter Townsend (RAF officer) , linked romantically with Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon , sister of Queen Elizabeth II of
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