Viscount of Audenaerde was a Flemish feudal title. It was associated successively with two families.
History
editThe title was created by Maximilian of Austria around 1482, after the death of his wife Mary of Burgundy. He created the title as a mark of merit, with the privilege of hereditary rights. The title was given to Gaultier (Wouter) van Rechem, chatelain of the castle of Burgundy. The noble house of Rechem was from Kortrijk and possessed the dominium of Kerchove.[1]
Viscounts of Audenaerde
edit| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| House of Rechem | ||
| 1st Viscount | Gaultier I of Rechem | Created by Archduke Maximilian.[2] |
| 2nd Viscount | Gaultier II of Rechem | Married to Maruerite de Lummene |
| 3rd Viscount | Jan de Rechem | Married to Barbe Stommelin |
| 4th Viscount | Florence de Rechem | Lady of Audenaerde, married to Philip de Lalaing, Lord of La Mouillerie |
| House of Lalaing | ||
| 5th Viscount | Jacques I de Lalaing | Grandson of the 3rd Viscount |
| 6th Viscount | Philippe de Lalaing | No heirs |
| 7th Viscount | Charles I de Lalaing | Married to Catherine de Fourneau |
| 8th Viscount | Ferry de Lalaing | Married to Marie-Anne van der Noot |
| 9th Viscount | Jacques II de Lalaing | Married to Maria Therese Rym |
| 10th Viscount | Maximilien I Joseph de Lalaing | Married to Marie-Catherine de Larchier, Countess of Thildoncq |
| 11th Viscount | Charles II Joseph de Lalaing | Married to Marie Camille de Beer |
| 12th Viscount | Maximilien II Charles de Lalaing | Anne-Marie de Draeck |