# Goubau family

The Goubau family was an important noble family of Antwerp, many of its members are related to other important families.
In 1633 king Felipe IV of Spain granted nobility. In 1866 the last member of the family died.
The family had many important residences amongst them den Wolsack (1593) in Antwerp and Cortewalle Castle in Beveren. In Mespelare and Dendermonde they did important gift to the local church and founded the so-called Spaans hof in 1643 to Honour Aldegondis van Maubeuge. In Mortsel they resided in Ten Dorpe Castle

## Members

* Henri Goubau, knight of Calatrava.
** Joannes I Goubau, Lord of Saint-Fontaine, (1503-1581): marr. Joanne Cossiers in 1534, daughter of Joannes Cossiers or Cosserie and Barbe Schetz.
*** Joannes II Goubau, marr. Joanna Stayaerts.
*** Henricus Goubau
*** Jacobus Goubau, marr. Catharine Maynaert.
*** Joanna Goubau, died 1575.
*** Gaspar Goubau
*** Antonius Goubau
*** Alexander I Goubau, (1540-1614): Grand Aumonier of Antwerp, buried in the cathedral.
**** Anna Goubau, (1568-)
**** Alexander II Goubau (1571-)
**** Maria Goubau, (1573-)
**** Joannes III Goubau, Lord of Ghysegem, (1575-1645): Grand Aumonier of Antwerp, Knighted in 1633. Marr. Magd. Vecquemans.
***** Alexander III Goubau, Lord of Ghysegem, (1598-1668), knighted 1648, Mayor of Antwerp, Grand Aumonier of Antwerp, 1629. marr. Anna Doncker.
****** Joannes IV Goubau, Lord of Ghysegem, (1630-) : knighted 1655, marr Marie Cornelie crook.
******* Alexander IV Goubau, Lord of Mespelaere, (1658-1712): Grand Aumonier of Antwerp, Marr. in 1690 Maria Catharina Rubens, granddaughter of Nicolaas Rubens, Lord of Rameyen.
******** Georges Alexander Goubau, Lord of Mespelaere (1697-1760) : marr. Maria Bosschaert.
******* Joannes V Cornelis Goubau, (1660-1702), Grand Aumonier of Antwerp in 1689: marr. Susanne van Colen.
***** François Goubau, Lord of Triest, (1611-1647) : marr. Isabella vanden Broecke.
****** Joannes VI Frans Goubau, Lord of Triest, (1646-1683), Lord of Beveren, knighted on 10 April 1679 by Charles II: Marr. Margaretha-Catharina Gerardi.
******* Peter Frans Goubau, (1680-1749): marr. Maria Lucretia Bernaerts.
******** Charles Henri Goubau, (1708-1776): councillor of the Great Council of Mechelen, marr. Regina de Villegas (1722-1794 .
********* Melchior Joseph François Ghislain Goubau, (1757-1836): councillor of the Great Council of Mechelen, marr. Marie-Jeanne de Villegas de Pellenberg.
********* Emmanuel Goubau, (1760-1828), marr. Maria Isabella de Brouchoven de Bergeyck (1773-1819).
********* Eugène Joseph Goubau, (1761-1831): Lord mayor of the Brugse Vrije.

## Family tree

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Henri Goubau | Henri Goubau | Henri Goubau | Henri Goubau | Henri Goubau | Henri Goubau | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Joannes I Goubau (1503-1581) | Joannes I Goubau (1503-1581) | Joannes I Goubau (1503-1581) | Joannes I Goubau (1503-1581) | Joannes I Goubau (1503-1581) | Joannes I Goubau (1503-1581) | | | Joanna Cossiers | Joanna Cossiers | Joanna Cossiers | Joanna Cossiers | Joanna Cossiers | Joanna Cossiers | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Joannes II Goubau | Joannes II Goubau | Joannes II Goubau | Joannes II Goubau | Joannes II Goubau | Joannes II Goubau | | | Henricus Goubau | Henricus Goubau | Henricus Goubau | Henricus Goubau | Henricus Goubau | Henricus Goubau | | | Jacobus Goubau | Jacobus Goubau | Jacobus Goubau | Jacobus Goubau | Jacobus Goubau | Jacobus Goubau | | | Joanna Goubau | Joanna Goubau | Joanna Goubau | Joanna Goubau | Joanna Goubau | Joanna Goubau | Gaspar Goubau | Gaspar Goubau | Gaspar Goubau | Gaspar Goubau | Gaspar Goubau | Gaspar Goubau | | | Antonius Goubau | Antonius Goubau | Antonius Goubau | Antonius Goubau | Antonius Goubau | Antonius Goubau | | | Alexander I Goubau | Alexander I Goubau | Alexander I Goubau | Alexander I Goubau | Alexander I Goubau | Alexander I Goubau |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Anna Goubau | Anna Goubau | Anna Goubau | Anna Goubau | Anna Goubau | Anna Goubau | | | Alexander II Goubau | Alexander II Goubau | Alexander II Goubau | Alexander II Goubau | Alexander II Goubau | Alexander II Goubau | Maria Goubau | Maria Goubau | Maria Goubau | Maria Goubau | Maria Goubau | Maria Goubau | | | Joannes III Goubau | Joannes III Goubau | Joannes III Goubau | Joannes III Goubau | Joannes III Goubau | Joannes III Goubau | | | Magdalene Vecquemans | Magdalene Vecquemans | Magdalene Vecquemans | Magdalene Vecquemans | Magdalene Vecquemans | Magdalene Vecquemans |
| | | | | | | Alexander III Goubau | Alexander III Goubau | Alexander III Goubau | Alexander III Goubau | Alexander III Goubau | Alexander III Goubau | | | Anna Doncker | Anna Doncker | Anna Doncker | Anna Doncker | Anna Doncker | Anna Doncker | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Isabella vanden Broecke | Isabella vanden Broecke | Isabella vanden Broecke | Isabella vanden Broecke | Isabella vanden Broecke | Isabella vanden Broecke | | | François Goubau | François Goubau | François Goubau | François Goubau | François Goubau | François Goubau |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Joannes IV Goubau | Joannes IV Goubau | Joannes IV Goubau | Joannes IV Goubau | Joannes IV Goubau | Joannes IV Goubau | | | Marie Cornelie | Marie Cornelie | Marie Cornelie | Marie Cornelie | Marie Cornelie | Marie Cornelie | | | | | | | | | | | Margaretha-Catharina Gerardi | Margaretha-Catharina Gerardi | Margaretha-Catharina Gerardi | Margaretha-Catharina Gerardi | Margaretha-Catharina Gerardi | Margaretha-Catharina Gerardi | Joannes VI Frans Goubau | Joannes VI Frans Goubau | Joannes VI Frans Goubau | Joannes VI Frans Goubau | Joannes VI Frans Goubau | Joannes VI Frans Goubau |
| | | | | | | Maria Catharina Rubens | Maria Catharina Rubens | Maria Catharina Rubens | Maria Catharina Rubens | Maria Catharina Rubens | Maria Catharina Rubens | | | Alexander IV Goubau | Alexander IV Goubau | Alexander IV Goubau | Alexander IV Goubau | Alexander IV Goubau | Alexander IV Goubau | | | Joannes V Cornelis Goubau | Joannes V Cornelis Goubau | Joannes V Cornelis Goubau | Joannes V Cornelis Goubau | Joannes V Cornelis Goubau | Joannes V Cornelis Goubau | | | | | Maria Lucretia Bernaerts | Maria Lucretia Bernaerts | Maria Lucretia Bernaerts | Maria Lucretia Bernaerts | Maria Lucretia Bernaerts | Maria Lucretia Bernaerts | | | Peter Frans Goubau | Peter Frans Goubau | Peter Frans Goubau | Peter Frans Goubau | Peter Frans Goubau | Peter Frans Goubau |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Georges Alexander Goubau | Georges Alexander Goubau | Georges Alexander Goubau | Georges Alexander Goubau | Georges Alexander Goubau | Georges Alexander Goubau | | | | | | | | | | | | | Regina de Villegas | Regina de Villegas | Regina de Villegas | Regina de Villegas | Regina de Villegas | Regina de Villegas | Charles Henri Goubau | Charles Henri Goubau | Charles Henri Goubau | Charles Henri Goubau | Charles Henri Goubau | Charles Henri Goubau |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Maria Isabella de Brouchoven de Bergeyck | Maria Isabella de Brouchoven de Bergeyck | Maria Isabella de Brouchoven de Bergeyck | Maria Isabella de Brouchoven de Bergeyck | Maria Isabella de Brouchoven de Bergeyck | Maria Isabella de Brouchoven de Bergeyck | | | Emmanuel Goubau | Emmanuel Goubau | Emmanuel Goubau | Emmanuel Goubau | Emmanuel Goubau | Emmanuel Goubau |