Charles-Philippe van de Werve

Charle-Philippe van de Werve (1706–1776), count of Vorselaar, formed part of a very old, important and noble family of Antwerp.

Armes of the count of Vorselaar

He was the son of Baron Charles-Henri van de Werve, Lord of Schilde, Lord of Giessen-Oudkerk, Lord of Wavre-Notre-Dame and Lord of Wavrans; and his wife Eléonore-Louise de Varick. He married Marie-Anne de Pret, only daughter of the very rich Philippe-Louis de Pret (Lord of Vorselaar, Lord of Rielen and Lord of Lichtaert) and his wife Anne-Marie Moretus (whose ancestor Christophe Plantin was).

He became the first count of Vorselaar and Baron of Lichtaert and of Rielen.

He had 12 children with his wife:

• Marie-Joseph van de Werve (1737–1737)
• Albert-Marie van de Werve (1738–1738)
• Anne-Marie-Caroline van de Werve (1739–1739)
• Charles-Bernard van de Werve (1740–1813), second count of Vorselaar. He married in 1763 Hubertine de Gilman and in 1788 Reine della Faille.
• Marie-Anne van de Werve (1742–1798), she married in 1763 Jean Roose, count of Baisy, baron of Boechout, Lord of Loupoigne
• Jean-Joseph van de Werve (1744–1744)
• Jeanne-Caroline van de Werve (1745–1747)
• Albertine van de Werve (1747–1810), she married in 1768 Jean-François, count de Hénin-Liétard and of Alsace, marquess of Alsace, baron of Fosseux, Lord of Dion le Val.
• Philippe-Louis van de Werve (1748–1834), baron of Schilde. He married in 1767 Marie-Alexandrine de Fraule, in 1770 Thérèse Peeters and in 1791 Marie-Louise della Faille.
• Théodore van de Werve (1752–1780), he married in 1776 Anne de Neuf
• Joseph-Henri van de Werve (1753–1753)
• Jeanne-Joséphine van de Werve (1755–1785), she married in 1777 François, baron van Ertborn.

External links

• portraits of members of the family (in French)