Gruuthuse


The lords of Gruuthuse were one of the noble families of Bruges in the medieval period.
It was one of several families bearing the title of "lords of Bruges"
Their heraldic motto was Plus est en vous – Meer is in u.
The family emerges in the 13th century, and its male line is extinct in 1572.
Its most notable member was Lodewijk van Gruuthuse.

Genealogy

With Geldolf III, the male line of the family was extinct; however, a daughter of Geldolf II, Catharina van Brugge married pne van der Aa, likely Geerard van der Aa, lord of Grimbergen, and her heirs continued to bear the van Gruuthuse name, alongside the van der Aa one.