Beelaerts van Blokland

Summary

Beelaerts van Blokland is an old Dutch patrician family.

Beelaerts van Blokland
noble & patrician family
Coat of arms
Country Netherlands
FounderZegher Lycop

History edit

The family came originally from the Dutch town Oirschot. The oldest recorded member is a one Zeger Lycop who lived in the 14th century. His grandson Henric was the first to carry the name Beelaerts. The family belongs to the Dutch nobility since 1815 with the honorific of jonkheer.

Famous members edit

Bibliography edit

  • Nederland's Patriciaat 58 (1972), pp. 15–39.
  • Nederland's Adelsboek 79 (1988), pp. 289–329.

References and sources edit

  • Hoge Raad van Adel
  • Handboek der Wapenkunde, Rietstap, J.B. (1857)