The Golden Compasses

The History of the House of Plantin-Moretus

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Appendix 3
Genealogy of the Masters of the Gulden Passer^1.

(i) jan i moretus (22nd May 1543 - 22nd Sept. 1610) m. 4th June 1570 Martina Plantin (1550 - 17th feb. 1616).

1.	Gaspar (4th Dec. 1571 - d. at Leiden, 1st Sept. 1583).
2.	Melchior (20th April 1573 - 4th June 1634) priest (tonsure 1593; ordained 1598), insane by Oct. 1598.
3.	balthasar [i] (23rd July 1574 - 8th July 1641) unmarried.
4.	joannes [jan ii] see Table II.
5.	Henrica (21st June 1578 - 22nd June 1578).
6.	Catharina (12th Dec. 1580 - after 1633) m. 2nd Aug. 1598 Theodoor Galle (bapt. 16th July 1571 - 18th Sept. 1633) → issue.
7.	Elisabeth (1) (29th Nov. 1582 - 11th June 1584).
8.	Elisabeth (2) (26th Oct. 1584 - 25th July 1649) m. 14th Nov. 1604 Jan Wielant (bapt. 19th July 1575 - 19th Nov. 1631) → issue.
9.	Adriana (16th June 1586 - 4th Sept. 1602).
10.	Christophorus (4th June 1588 - 12th Dec. 1588).
11.	(son; d. at birth, July 1590).

(ii) jan ii moretus (27th July 1576 - 11th Mar. 1618) m. 17th July 1605 Maria de Sweert (3rd Oct. 1588 - 7th May 1655, daughter of Nicolaas and Elisabeth Janssens de Bisthoven).

1.	Elisabeth (bapt. 2nd Feb. 1608 - d. at 3 months).
2.	Joannes (bapt. 20th Dec. 1610 - 7th Oct. 1663) unmarried, feeble-minded.
3.	Maria (bapt. 13th Dec. 1612 - ?) m. 24th Nov. 1629 Jan de la Flie (bapt. 11th June 1595 - 27th Dec. 1661) →issue.
4.	Catharina (d. young).
5.	balthasar [ii] see Table III.
6.	Elisabeth (bapt. 2nd April 1617 - 25th Jan. 1678) m. 6th May 1635 Michael Hughens (bapt. 13th May 1608 - 8th Feb. 1664) → issue.

1. Cf. Van der Straelen, Geslagt-lyste (interesting amendments and annotations in the copy in the Museum made by M. Rooses), and R. Moretus-Plantin de Bouchout, Demueres familiales. Abbreviations used: m. = married; d. = died; bapt. = baptized; d.s.p. = died without issue. The names of Masters of the Gulden Passer are given in small caps.

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(iii) balthasar ii moretus (9th Dec. 1615-29th Mar. 1674) m. 23rd July 1645 Anna Goos (bapt. 30th Sept 1627 - 30th Sept. 1691, daughter of Jacobus and Clara Bosschaert).

1.	balthasar [iii] see Table IV.
2.	Joannes Jacobus (20th July 1647 - 25th Feb. 1715) entered S.J. 13th Dec. 1668.
3.	Anna Maria (6th Mar. 1649 - 19th July 1655).
4.	Susanna Clara (14th July 1650 - 24th April 1706) nun, 8th Dec. 1671.
5.	Christophorus Maria (15th Aug. 1651 - 26th June 1716) entered Minorites 6th Oct. 1669, professed at Louvain, 12th Oct. 1670.
6.	Ignatius (25th Mar. 1654 - 4th Nov. 1657).
7.	Maria Isabella (2nd Sept. 1655 - 5th May 1676) unmarried.
8.	Franciscus (19th Oct. 1656 - 27th Feb. 1705) priest and canon of Antwerp Cathedral.
9.	Gaspar (20th Sept. 1658 - 14th Dec. 1658).
10.	Melchior (19th Jan. 1661 - 22nd Aug. 1693) entered Premonstratensians 11th July 1684, ordained 8th June 1686.
11.	Anna Maria (20th Feb. 1664-26th Feb. 1742) nun.
12.	Maria Theresia (10th Mar. 1667 - 22nd June 1667).

(iv) balthasar in moretus (24th July 1646 - 8th July 1696) m. 20th June 1673 Anna Maria de Neuf (bapt. 9th Sept. 1654 - 16th Oct. 1714, daughter of Simon, lord of Hooghelande and Anna Steymans).

1.	(daughter; d. at birth, 10th July 1674).
2.	Anna Maria (7th July 1675 - 5th July 1680).
3.	Margareta Elisabeth (3rd April 1677 - 6th Nov. 1678).
4.	balthasar [iv] see Table V.
5.	Margareta Francisca (29th Sept. 1681 - 22nd May 1687).
6.	Maria Catharina (bapt. 20th Aug. 1683 - 6th Aug. 1710) m. 3rd Oct. 1703 Egidius Cornelius de Vlieghere (bapt. 14th June 1679 - 16th Oct. 1713) → issue.
7.	Petrus (12th Feb. 1685 - 21st May 1734) canon and civil lawyer, became a canon of Antwerp Cathedral, April 1705.
8.	Anna Maria (bapt. 4th Feb. 1687 - 4th Sept. 1724) m. 30th Sept. 1711 Philippus Ludovicus de Pret (bapt. 30th Oct. 1680 - 6th Oct. 1755) → issue.
9.	joannes jacobus see Table VI.

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(v) balthasar iv moretus (12th Feb. 1679 - 23rd Mar. 1730) m. 13th May 1702 Isabella Jacoba de Mont (al. de Brialmont) (bapt. 26th Oct. 1682 - 29th May 1723, daughter of Jacobus and Anna van Grysper).

1.	Balthasar Antonius (bapt. 17th Aug. 1703 - 22nd Aug. 1703).
2.	Balthasar [V] Antonius (bapt. 14th Mar. 1705 - 15th Dec. 1762) unmarried.
3.	Petrus Jacobus (bapt. 18th Feb. 1706 - d. young).
4.	Maria Isabella Jacoba (bapt. 1st April 1708 - 23rd Feb. 1768) unmarried.
5.	Egidius Josephus Maria (bapt. 15th July 1710- d. young).
6.	Anna Maria Joanna (bapt. 28th Aug. 1711 - d. young).
7.	Simon Franciscus (bapt. 25th Nov. 1713 - 22nd May 1758) m. 12th April 1739 Maria Rebecca Josepha van Heurck (bapt. 8th Sept. 1712 - 3rd Dec. 1780) d.s.p.
8.	Ludovicus Maria Josephus (bapt. 23rd Jan. 1716 - d. young).

(vi) joannes jacobus moretus (17th June 1690 - 5th Sept. 1757) m. 21st April 1716 Theresia Mechtildis Schilder (bapt. 13th June 1696 - 3rd June 1729, daughter of Franciscus and Maria Isabella Theresia de Vlieghere).

1.	franciscus joannes see Table VII.
2.	Balthasar Jacobus (24th July 1718 - after 1758) unmarried.
3.	Joannes Petrus (28th Oct. 1719 - 30th Aug. 1720).
4.	Paulus Jacobus (4th Jan. 1721 - 13th Mar. 1776) m. 19th Dec. 1746 Joanna Maria de Man (bapt. 19th Jan. 1723 - 28th Nov. 1763) → issue.
5.	Maria Theresia Mechtildis (23rd Dec. 1722 - 24th April 1802) nun.
6.	Maria Petronella (12th May 1724 - 17th June 1798) m. 16th May 1752 Arnoldus Franciscus Josephus Bruno de Pret (bapt. 6th Oct. 1722 - 1st Aug. 1789) → issue.
7.	Anna Carolina Josepha (5th July 1725 - 1st Dec. 1799) nun.
8.	Joannes Josephus (2nd Oct. 1727-27th Feb. 1806) unmarried.
9.	Catharina Maria (26th May 1729 - 15th Mar. 1801) nun.

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(vii) franciscus joannes moretus (1st June 1717 - 31st July 1768) m. 11th Nov. 1750 Maria Theresia Josepha Borrekens (bapt. 27th July 1728 - 5th May 1797, daughter of Engelbertus Josephus and Maria Catharina Wellens).

1.	Joannes Franciscus (bapt. 1st Jan. 1752 - d. young).
2.	Catharina Francisca Josepha (3rd Aug. 1753 - 13th Oct. 1757).
3.	Theresia Maria Josepha (d. at birth, 13th July 1754).
4.	Maria Carolina Josepha (20th July 1755 - 26th Dec. 1756).
5.	jacobus paulus josephus [jacob paul] (3rd Sept. 1756 - 24th April 1808) unmarried.
6.	ludovicus franciscus xaverius [lodewijkfrans] (7th Jan. 1758 - 20th Aug. 1820) unmarried.
7.	Carolus Antonius Josephus (bapt. 5th April 1759 - 21st April 1760).
8.	franciscus josephus thomas [frans jozef] (bapt. 21st Dec. 1760 - 15th Oct. 1814) unmarried.
9.	Josephus Hyacinthus see Table VIII.
10.	Arnoldus Franciscus Josephus (bapt. 15th Jan. 1764 - 25th June 1764).
11.	Henricus Paulus Franciscus (bapt. 17th Mar. 1765 - 25th Mar.1806) m. 21st July 1789 Coleta Maria Josepha Wellens (bapt. 8th Dec. 1768 - 1st May 1798) → issue [including one son, Constant (1797-1866) m. 1826 Maria de Stephanis (d. 1853) d.s.p.].
12.	Maria Theresia Petronella (bapt. 27th Dec. 1766 - d. young).
13.	Maria Mechtildis Josepha (7th Mar. 1769 - 24th May 1789) unmarried.

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(viii) josephus [jozef] hyacinthus moretus (23rd Jan. 1762 - 3rd Sept. 1810) m. 11th Sept. 1787 Maria Henrica Coleta Wellens (bapt. 12th July 1762 - 20th Aug. 1809, daughter of Ludovicus Antonius Josephus and Helena Nicola Geelhand).

1.	Josepha Maria Theresia (2nd Feb. 1791 - 7th June 1874) m. 21st April 1818 Augustinus Carolus Joannes Nepomucenus, Count de Baillet (25th Feb. 1794 - 4th June 1866) → issue.
2.	Carolus Paulus Franciscus (11th Oct. 1792 - 2nd Feb. 1793).
3.	Henrica Maria Isabella (9th Nov. 1793 - 12th June 1864) m. 18th April 1815 Carolus Joannes Josephus van den Berghe (bapt. 14th Nov. 1785 - 17th Jan. 1832) → issue.
4.	albertus [albert] franciscus hyacinthus fredericus (26th Sept. 1795 - 1st April 1865) unmarried.
5.	Ferdinandus Henricus Hyacinthus (12th April 1797 - 29th April 1834) unmarried.
6.	Mechtildis Theresia Josepha Maria (15th Jan. 1799 - 2nd Aug. 1820) m. 14th July 1819 Augustinus Joannes Baptista Geelhand de Merxem (28th April 1790 - 24th July 1855) → issue.
7.	Catharina Maria Josepha (1st Nov. 1800 - 22nd Feb. 1830) m. 1st May 1821 Ferdinandus Franciscus Xaverius, Count de Baillet (24th Nov. 1787 - 15th April 1842) → issue.
8.	eduardus joannes hyacinthus see Table IX.

(ix) eduardus [edward] josephus hyacinthus moretus (5th Mar. 1804 - 26th June 1880) m. 24th April 1827 Albertina Coleta Catharina Josepha du Bois (25th Nov. 1803 - 17th August 1891), daughter of Ferdinandus Antonius Desiderius Josephus Adrianus, Baron du Bois and Regina Antonia Petronella Wellens).

1.	Leonia Maria Albertina (24th Jan. 1828 - 26th January 1913) m. 21st Dec. 1859 Ferdinand de Vinck (29th April 1815 - 15th April 1895).
2.	Isaura Maria Josephina (27th May 1833 - 26th December 1905) m. 28th Nov. 1860 Baron Xavier de Renette (27th November 1823 - 27th August 1900) → issue.
3.	Stanislaus Maria Balthasar (29th Sept. 1840 - 3rd Oct. 1855).
4.	Alexius Maria Carolus Henricus (bapt. 7th Oct. 1844- 8th Oct. 1914) unmarried.
5.	Georgina Maria Augustina (22nd April 1849 - 20th July 1919) m. 23rd November 1878 Marquis Anatole de Granges de Surgères (29th Mar. 1850 - 4th August 1902) → issue.