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[1]
Members
Henri Goubau, knight of Calatrava.[2]
Joannes I Goubau, Lord of Saint-Fontaine, (1503-1581):[3] marr. Joanne Cossiers[4] 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.
^Francquen, C. de (1 January 1826). "Recueil historique, généalogique, chronologique et nobiliaire des maisons et familles illustres et nobles du royaume, précédé de la généalogie historique de la maison royale des Pays-Bas Nassau-Orange". Demanet – via Google Books.