Knights
In Belgium there are roughly 200 knights (Chevalier in French / Ridder in Dutch). There is no female equivalent for the title; the wife of a knight usually takes the title of " lady".
- Dirix
- Fauvage
- de Gaesebeke
- de Ghellinck
- Huyghens
- de Mahieu ( only the family head)
- du Mortier
- Lannoo
- Raes
- Rosseeuw
- de Sauvage
- de Schaetzen
- de Spot
- de Theux de Meylandt et Montjardin
- de Wouters d'Oplinter
- le Clément de Saint-Marcq
- Van der Eecken
- van Havre
- van Outryve d'Ydewalle
Read more about this topic: Belgian Nobility
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