House of Serroelofs


The House or Lineage of Serroelofs or t’Serroelofs is one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels along with the Houses of: Sleeus, Serhuyghs, Steenweeghs, Sweerts, Coudenberg, and Roodenbeke.
The Serroelofs House was charged with the defence of the Anderlecht gate, seconded as of 1422 by the nation of Saint-Christophe.

Escutcheon

Gules that is Brussels, nine billets argent, positioned 4, 3 and 2.

The Seven Noble Houses of Brussels

The Seven noble houses of Brussels were the seven families of Brussels whose descendants formed the patrician class of that city, and to whom special privileges in the government of that city were granted until the end of the Ancien Régime.
Together with the Guilds of Brussels they formed the Bourgeoisie of the city.

Authority

Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at :fr:Lignage Serroelofs; see its history for attribution.