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The Seven noble houses of Brussels ((フランス語:7 lignages de Bruxelles), (オランダ語:7 geslachten van Brussel)) were the seven families of Brussels whose descendants formed the patrician class of that city, and to whom special privileges in the government of that city were granted until the end of the Ancien Régime. ==History== The seven families were first named in a document (from the year 1306) in which John II, Duke of Brabant restores and asserts the existing privileges of the seven families after the citizens of Brussels had violently demanded participation in the city's government. The families named in the document are *Sleeus *Sweerts *Serhuyghs *Steenweeghs *Coudenbergh *Serroelofs *Roodenbeke All the members of the city council were exclusively recruited and elected from among those families who could prove patrilinear or matrilinear descent from the original seven families. Although tradesmen formed the guilds of Brussels to counter this oligarchical system and in 1421 after violent confrontations gained some rights to participate in the city's government, the rule of the seven houses remained predominant until the end of the Ancien Régime, when these special privileges were abolished. This meant the end of the oligarchical system of the seven noble houses of Brussels. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seven Noble Houses of Brussels」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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