Lords of Cuijk: Family tree
(I.1) Herman van Malsen
Son of Unroch. Mentioned 1057-1059 and 1080.
Lord of Cuijk and Grave.
He married Ida, daughter of Eustace II, count of Boulogne, and Saint Ida of Lorraine. Herman and Ida had three sons:
(II.1) Hendrik I van Cuyck († ca. 1108)
Mentioned 1096-1108.
Lord of Cuijk and Grave.
He married (ca. 1100) Alveradis, Countess of Hochstaden; she is mentioned for the last time in 1131. Hendrik and Alveradis had three sons and one daughter:
(III.2) Herman van Cuyck († 1168/69)
Mentioned several times between 1121 and 1168 as a witness in charters of the Bishop of Utrecht and the King of Germany.
Lord of Cuijk and Grave. Count of Utrecht and also advocate of Saint-Servatius (Maastricht).
He probably married a daughter of Albert, Count of Chiny. They had four children:
(IV.1) Hendrik II van Cuyck († 1204/05)
In 1166 he is already mentioned as comes de Kuick.
Lord of Cuijk and Grave. Count of Utrecht and advocate of Saint-John in Utrecht.
In or around 1160 Hendrik married Sophia of Rhenen, daughter of Dirk, Viscount (castellanus) of Utrecht and sole heir of Herpen. They had five children:
His older brother Godfried probably died before his father and that is why Albert succeeded his father.
Lord of Cuijk and Grave, Merum and (half) Asten. Count of Utrecht.
Albert married a daughter of Rutger, lord of Merum, and Aleydis of Horne. They had ten children:
(VI.1) Hendrik III van Cuyck († 1254)
Lord of Cuijk and Grave. Lord of Merum and (half) Asten.
Not much is known for certain about his marriage(s). It is possible his first wife was a daughter of Jan van Putten, but it could also have been a daughter of the Horn, Altena or Heusden family. See: V. Lambert & C. Gräfin von Arco-Zinneberg, De huwelijken van Hendrik III van Cuyck, heer van Cuijk en Grave (1233 – 1254). Meer vragen dan antwoorden …, 2015.
Children:
(VII.2) Jan I van Cuyck († 1308)
After his older brother Albert died (between 1246 and 1254) Jan became Lord of Cuijk and Grave, lord of Merum and Neerloon.
In or around 1260 he married Jutta van Nassau, daughter of Count Hendrik II and Mechteld van Gelre. They had nine children:
Mentioned in 1295-1303.
Knight.
He married (ca. 1295) Sofia of Gimnich (Gymnich), lady of Hoogstraten and Wortel, daughter of Wenemar and Johanna of Elslo. They had three children
(IX.1) Jan III van Cuyck († 1357)
Lord of Cuijk, Mierlo, Asten, Hoogstraten, Grave and Wortel.
He married (ca. 1320) Catharina Berthout, daughter of Hendrik, lord of Le Bosquiel, alias Bebbeken. They had five children.
(X.5) Wenemar van Cuyck († 1390)
Lord of Cuijk and Grave 1382-1390. Guardian of Neerloon.
Ca. 1360 he married Aleydis de Cocq van Opijnen, daughter of Jan and Johanna van Tuyll. They had five children:
Son of Unroch. Mentioned 1057-1059 and 1080.
Lord of Cuijk and Grave.
He married Ida, daughter of Eustace II, count of Boulogne, and Saint Ida of Lorraine. Herman and Ida had three sons:
- (II.1) Hendrik
- (II.2) Andreas. Ca. 1070 – 1139; provost of Saint-Lambert (Liège); provost of Saint-Pierre (Liège); provost of Emmerik; surrogate bishop of Liège 1121-1123; bishop of Utrecht 1128-1139.
- (II.3) Godfried. Mentioned 1120-1135; provost of Xanten; elect archbishop of Cologne; canon of Steinfeld.
(II.1) Hendrik I van Cuyck († ca. 1108)
Mentioned 1096-1108.
Lord of Cuijk and Grave.
He married (ca. 1100) Alveradis, Countess of Hochstaden; she is mentioned for the last time in 1131. Hendrik and Alveradis had three sons and one daughter:
- (III.1) Godfried. Married (1128) Jutta, only daughter and heiress of Count Frederik I of Arnsberg, and became count of Arnsberg (à Counts of Arnsberg and Rietberg); died ca. 1158.
- (III.2) Herman
- (III.3) Andreas. Mentioned 1155-1156; Provost of Saint-Peter (Utrecht)
- (III.4) Aleydis. Married (1) ca. 1120 Arnold, Lord of Rode. They had a son (died young) and a daughter Heylwig or Heylwiva. Married (2) ca. 1132 Albert II, count of Nörvenich and Bonn.
(III.2) Herman van Cuyck († 1168/69)
Mentioned several times between 1121 and 1168 as a witness in charters of the Bishop of Utrecht and the King of Germany.
Lord of Cuijk and Grave. Count of Utrecht and also advocate of Saint-Servatius (Maastricht).
He probably married a daughter of Albert, Count of Chiny. They had four children:
- (IV.1) Hendrik II
- (IV.2) Albert. Mentioned 1174-1200. Died 2 february 1200. Bishop of Liège 1194-1200.
- (IV.3) NN (daughter). Married Dirk, lord of Batenburg. Mentioned 1162-1191.
- (IV.4) Andreas. Canon in Liège.
(IV.1) Hendrik II van Cuyck († 1204/05)
In 1166 he is already mentioned as comes de Kuick.
Lord of Cuijk and Grave. Count of Utrecht and advocate of Saint-John in Utrecht.
In or around 1160 Hendrik married Sophia of Rhenen, daughter of Dirk, Viscount (castellanus) of Utrecht and sole heir of Herpen. They had five children:
- (V.1) Godfried. Mentioned 1178 and 1191. Possibly castellanus of Horst.
- (V.2) Albert
- (V.3) Alveradis. Married Dirk, lord of Voorne and viscount of Zeeland, son of Floris à lords of Voorne, viscounts of Zeeland, lords of Heenvliet
- (V.4) Lutgardis. Married Godfried II, Lord of Breda and Schoten.
- (V.5) Andreas. Magister and dean of Saint-Marie in Utrecht.
His older brother Godfried probably died before his father and that is why Albert succeeded his father.
Lord of Cuijk and Grave, Merum and (half) Asten. Count of Utrecht.
Albert married a daughter of Rutger, lord of Merum, and Aleydis of Horne. They had ten children:
- (VI.1) Hendrik III
- (VI.2) Rutger, lord of Herpen. Married Maria of Diest, daughter of Arnold IV and Aleydis of Heimbach à Lords of Herpen.
- (VI.3) Godfried, canon in Xanten and Utrecht.
- (VI.4) Dirk/ Married Christina, daughter of the Viscount of Leiden à Viscounts of Leiden.
- (VI.5) Willem. Married a daughter of Arnold IV and Aleydis of Heimbach à Lords of Asten and Escharen.
- (VI.6) Agnes. Married Hendrik, Lord of Reifferscheid.
- (VI.7) NN (daughter). Married Gijsbrecht III, Lord of Amstel
- (VI.8) Everard, canon of Saint-Gereon in Cologne, provost of Tiel and dean of Saint-Peter in Utrecht.
- (VI.9) Margareta, married Folpert II van der Leck.
- (VI.10)Frederik. Canon in Xanten.
(VI.1) Hendrik III van Cuyck († 1254)
Lord of Cuijk and Grave. Lord of Merum and (half) Asten.
Not much is known for certain about his marriage(s). It is possible his first wife was a daughter of Jan van Putten, but it could also have been a daughter of the Horn, Altena or Heusden family. See: V. Lambert & C. Gräfin von Arco-Zinneberg, De huwelijken van Hendrik III van Cuyck, heer van Cuijk en Grave (1233 – 1254). Meer vragen dan antwoorden …, 2015.
Children:
- (VII.1) Albert. Mentioned 1240-1246. à Deil?
- (VII.2) Jan I
- (VII.3) NN (daughter). Married Rudolph de Cocq.
- (VII.4) Gerard. Provost of Odilienberg, Provost of Munster.
- (VII.5) Alveradis, married Jacob II of Mirlaer (Meerlo).
(VII.2) Jan I van Cuyck († 1308)
After his older brother Albert died (between 1246 and 1254) Jan became Lord of Cuijk and Grave, lord of Merum and Neerloon.
In or around 1260 he married Jutta van Nassau, daughter of Count Hendrik II and Mechteld van Gelre. They had nine children:
- (VIII.1) Hendrik, lord of Mierop. Born ca. 1260. Died on the battlefield in July 1304. Married ca. 1290 Aelis (Aleydis) of Diest, Lady of Royère (Rivieren), daughter of Arnold VI of Diest and Elisabeth of Mortagne-Tournai, widow of Hellin I of Petegem and Cysoing. They had two children:
- (VII.1.1) Jan II, lord of Cuijk and Grave (1308-1319). Illegitmate son: Jan van Cuyck van Mierop, knight, who married Maria of Berlaer (Berthout), daughter of Jan II and Elisabeth van den Berghe (Arkel). à van Cuyck van Mierop.
- (VIII.1.2) Margareta, married Jan IV of Heusden, son of Jan III and Adelissa of Cattendyck.
- (VIII.2) Willem
- (VIII.3) Gerard, mentioned 1296-1310. Provost of Saint-Peter in Louvain.
- (VIII.4) Jan, mentioned 1306-1325. Provost of Saint-Peter in Louvain and of Saint-Servatius in Maastricht.
- (VIII.5) Otto, lord of Cuijk and Grave, lord of Mierlo, Neerloon, Zelem, Merum and Heverlee. Married (1) Aleydis van Diest, Lady of Zelem, widow of Walter III of Berchem-Ranst: no children. (2) Johanna van Heverlee: one daughter Adelissa. (3) Johanna of Flanders, granddaughter of Count Guy of Dampierre, widow of Gerard of Diest: no children.
- (VIII.6) (Aleydis). Married Hendrik of Voornenburg, lord of Acquoy, son of Albrecht, lord of Voorne and viscount of Zeeland, and Catharina of Durbuy.
- (VIII.7) Agnes. Mentioned 1303-1342. Died 1345. Married Hendrik I of Leeuwenberg (Spanheim), son of Jan I and Gisela of Falkenstein.
- (VIII.8) NN (daughter). Married Gijsbert van der Leck, son of Hendrik II and Jutta of Borssele. à Lords of Haps.
- (VIII.9) NN (daughter). Married Gerard II of Dyck, son of Gerard I and Sofia of Schleiden.
Mentioned in 1295-1303.
Knight.
He married (ca. 1295) Sofia of Gimnich (Gymnich), lady of Hoogstraten and Wortel, daughter of Wenemar and Johanna of Elslo. They had three children
- (IX.1) Jan III
- (IX.2) Wenemar of Hoogstraten, knight. Mentioned 1325-1357. Had children with Elisabeth Smeets, daughter of Wouter.
- (IX.3) NN (daughter). Married Jan II, Count of Megen.
(IX.1) Jan III van Cuyck († 1357)
Lord of Cuijk, Mierlo, Asten, Hoogstraten, Grave and Wortel.
He married (ca. 1320) Catharina Berthout, daughter of Hendrik, lord of Le Bosquiel, alias Bebbeken. They had five children.
- (X.1) Willem of Hoogstraten, knight. Mentioned 1351-1355. Two illegitimate children: Anthonis and Margaret.
- (X.2) Jan IV van Cuyck, lord of Cuijk and Hoogstraten. Married Lutgardis of Voorst and Keppel. One son:
- (X.2.2) Jan V van Cuyck, Lord of Cuijk and Grave, Lord of Hoogstraten, Lord of Nieuwcuijk and half Asten.
- (X.3) Elisabeth. Married Gerard of Asperen (Arkel), lord of Tull and ‘t Waal.
- (X.4) Hendrik, lord of Vorssele, Enke and Asten, lord of half Zundert and half Brecht. Married Geertruid Cotterel. One son:
- (X.4.1) Jan IV of Hoogstraten, knight.
- (X.5) Wenemar
(X.5) Wenemar van Cuyck († 1390)
Lord of Cuijk and Grave 1382-1390. Guardian of Neerloon.
Ca. 1360 he married Aleydis de Cocq van Opijnen, daughter of Jan and Johanna van Tuyll. They had five children:
- (XI.1) Jan VI, Lord of Cuijk and Grave, Lord of Hatendonk, Beesd and Hernen. Guardian of Neerloon. Married Johanna, illegitimate daughter of Duke Willem of Gelre-Gulik. No children.
- (XI.2) Johanna, lady of Cuijk and Grave, lady of Meteren and Est. Married Willem, illegitimate son of Willem of Gelre-Gulik. No children.
- (XI.3) Katharina. Married Herbaren van Heukelom (Arkel), lord of Acqoy.
- (XI.4) Elisabeth. Married Jan van Tiel (Eyll), also called Jan van Meteren, alderman of Deil. à van Cuyck van Meteren.
- (XI.5) Jutta. Married Willem Pieck.
- (XI.6) Jan