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Willem van Drongelen
- Preferred Name: Willem van Drongelen[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]
- Gender: M
- Occupation: Heer van Eethen en Meeuwen
- Death: 8 OCT 1375 in Meeuwen, Hill en Babiloniƫnbroek, Aalburg, Lha, Noord-Brabant, Nederland at LATI: N1.7282 LONG: E0.0083
- FSID: LHR1-PRS
- Occupation: Baljuw van Zuid-Holland
- alias: with note: Description: Heusden Heesbeen Oudheusden
- Occupation: Ridder
- Bezit: in Drongelen, Heerlijkheid, Noord-Brabant, at LATI: N1.715 LONG: E0.0542
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Seigneur de Drongelen puis Seigneur d'Eten et de Meewen
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
DRONGELEN (Herbaren or Herbern van), youngest son of Willem van Drongelen. He was married to Sophia van Krayenstein, who gave him children, among others a son named Zeger.
from: Biographical Dictionary of the Netherlands, part 4, p 354
http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/retroboeken/vdaa/#source=aa__001biog05_01.xml&page=356&view=imagePane
Kasteel Meeuwen was built around 1350 by Jan van Drongelen. His father, Willem van Drongelen, married to Hadewich van der Merwede, claimed the glory Heusden. The then gentleman was Jan van Heusden. He died in 1333. However, it was not Willem van Drongelen, but count William IV of Holland who claimed this glory for himself. To compensate, Jan van Drongelen was awarded the honor of Eethen and Meeuwen as loaner of the Count of Holland. Jan also commissioned the castle in 1355 to get it back in loan.
from: Municipality of Altena North Brabant, Castle Meeuwen
https://www.onsmeeuwen.nl/kunst-historie/kasteel-meeuwen/
The weapon of Drongelen is derived from the coat of arms of Heusden . The oldest known mention is in the arms book Gelre (1414), for Willem van Drongelen. This carried a silver wheel on a blue shield. Later indications also indicate these colors.
from: Wikiwand, Wapen van Drongelen
Son of Jan van Drongelen (van Heusden) and Elisabeth van Mirlaer.
He was married to Hadewich van der Merwede.
Children:
Jan van Drongelen
Jacoba van Drongelen, married to Jan II van der Dussen
Herbaren from Drongelen
1331 Count William appoints Walterus van Drongelen 5 May son of the late Jan van Drongelen as pastor of Amsterdam and requests that the archdeacon approve this appointment
Preferred Parents:
Father: Jan van Drongelen, b. ABT 1275 in Drongelen, North Brabant, Netherlands
Family 1: Hadewich van der Merwede, b. in Capelle aan den IJssel, South Holland, Netherlands
- Jacoba Van Drongelen, b. 1275 in Drongelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland d. 1323 in Drongelen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
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