Nicolarts

The family (of) Nicolarts is a noble family of the Austrian Netherlands. She illustrated herself in particular in the people of Pierre Nicolarts , adviser-assessor of the archers of the bodyguard and mayor of the court of Brussels (end 17th century) and of her son, Robert-Henri, baron de Nicolarts (or Nicolartz) (1660-1736) which succeeded his/her father as mayor of the court of Brussels in 1693. He was also general listener of the armies in the Netherlands (of 1707 with the removal of this office in 1725) and superintendent of military justice (1707-1718).

Concessions peerage-books

the April 1st, 1690 , the king Charles II of Spain granted to Madrid, of the increases in armorial bearings with Pierre Nicolarts , lord of Attin, about which we spoke higher.
the March 13rd, 1716 , the emperor Charles VI granted to Vienna, concession motu landlord of the title of free baron of the Saint Worsens, transmissible with all the descendants of the name, with the authorization to carry the qualification of " Wohlgeboren" for Robert-Henri (of) Nicolart (S) , about which we spoke higher. These letters were revoked in the Austrian Netherlands by the decree of the July 24th, 1734 .

Armorial bearings

Here the description of the armorial bearings of the family according to the diploma of 1690 (mentioned above): " of gold and sand of twelve parts, chief of money, , armed and lampassé of mouths. | … heaume entirely of gold, lambrequins of gold and surmounted sand… of a crown with hault florets instead of bourlet, and for cimier a similar lion incipient from the escu… two gold lions pareillement, holding chasque a streamer armoyé of mesmes weapons that its escutcheon, or of such other " family;.

Sources and bibliography

Remonstrance (s.d.) of the baron de Nicolartz to the archduchess Marie-Elisabeth concerning the succession of the office of mayor, General Files of the Kingdom (in Brussels), Chancery of State and war , bundle n°1897, n.f
A.L.P. DE ROBAULX DE SOUMOY, historical Study on the military tribunals in Belgium , Brussels, 1857, p. 154.
ANB , 1872, p. 152.
A.TIHON, Inventory of the aulic files of the Courts , Tongres, 1932, pp. 224-225.
L.VAN MEERBEECK, Inventory of the files of the military tribunals , Gembloux, 1939, p. 24.
Paul JANSSENS and Luc DUERLOO, Armorial of the Belgian nobility of XVe at the XXe century , Brussels, Crédit Communal, 1992, T. III, N-Z , p. 62.
Xavier STEVENS, " Collection of ordinances and payments constitutive of the aulic jurisdictions of the court of Brussels (XVIe-XVIIIe centuries) " , in Bulletin of the Royal Commission on the Publication of the Old Laws and Ordinances of Belgium , T. XLVI, 2005, p. 60, note 45.

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