Lord of Saventhem and Sterrebeke

The Lords of Saventhem and Sterrebeke, currently Zaventem and Sterrebeek, were two Heerlijkheden in Flanders. The lords of Zaventem resided in Ter Meeren Castle.

Lord of Saventhem and Sterrebeke
Early mentions prove that Saventem was property of the house of Crayenhem. The second familie that had owned Zaventem is considered the noble house of vander Meeren, for several centuries they resided in Zaventem.

Henri vander Meeren, Lord of Saventem, died 1395: buys in 1381 Saventhem. Married Catherine of Erps. Married to Anne of Cuyck. Married to Maximilienne van der Noot, Lady of WestWesel and Morchhoven. Married to Catherine of Nassau. Married to Marie van der Noot Married to Joanne of Ullens
 * 1) Godfrey vander Meeren, Lord of Saventhem, died 1437:
 * 1) Jean vander Meeren, Lord of Saventhem.
 * 2) Henri vander Meeren, Lord of Saventhem:
 * 1) Philip I vander Meeren, Lord of Saventhem, died 1524:
 * 1) Henri vander Meeren, Lord of Saventhem
 * 2) Wauthier vander Meeren, Lord of Saventhem, died 1568;
 * 1) Philippe II vander Meeren, Lord of Saventem, Sterrebeke and Westwesele:
 * 1) William vander Meeren, Lord of Saventhem:

William sold Saventhem to Ferdinand van Boisschot

Barons of Saventhem
In 1621 Ferdinand van Boisschot did buy Zaventem and Sterrebeek. He was created by grace of the sovereign 1st Baron of Saventhem in 1621. His descendants kept Saventhem until the French Revolution.

Ferdinand van Boisschot, 1st Baron of Saventhem and Sterrebeke. married to Adrienne-Florence de Lannoy. married to Adrienne Florence, comtesse de Lannoy.
 * 1) Frans van Boisschot, 2nd Baron of Saventhem:
 * 1) Charles Ernest François de Boisschot, 3rd Baron of Saventhem:
 * 1) Eugène Guislain Valentin de Boisschot, 4th Baron of Saventhem. Died without heirs.
 * 2) Hélène Hyacinthe Valentine Thérèse de Boisschot, Baroness of Saventhem x Karl Ferdinand, Graff von Königsegg-Rothenfels, a brother of Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg-Rothenfels.