Marquess of Heusden

Marquess of Heusden (Dutch: Markies van Heusden) is a high-ranking Dutch title of nobility retained by the Earl of Clancarty.[1]

Marquess of Heusden
Markies van Heusden
Arms of the Earls of Clancarty as Marquess of Heusden.
Creation date8 July 1815
Created byKing William I
PeerageDutch nobility
First holderRichard Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty
Present holderNicholas Trench, 9th Earl of Clancarty
Heir apparentThere is no heir.
Remainder tothe 2nd Earls's heirs male of the body lawfully begotten
Subsidiary titlesEarl of Clancarty, Viscount Dunlo, Viscount Clancarty, Baron Kilconnel, Baron Trench
MottoVirtutis Fortuna Comes

The 2nd Earl of Clancarty, an Anglo-Irish peer, was credited with resolving various border disputes in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy at the Congress of Vienna (1814 – 1815) and in his role as Ambassador to the Netherlands. For his service as ambassador to The Hague, he was raised into the Dutch nobility with the creation of the hereditary title Markies van Heusden (Marquess of Heusden) by King Willem I of the Netherlands (royal decree 8 July 1815 no. 14).

Nobility

The 2nd Earl of Clancarty and all his descendants belong to the Dutch nobility, in which all the descendant Earls have the title of Marquess of Heusden; the remainder of the descendants carry the Dutch honorific style of Jonkheer or Jonkvrouw.[2]

Only two non-Dutch lineages living outside of the Netherlands have been raised into the Dutch nobility: the Le Poer Trench family and the Wellesley family, with the Duke of Wellington as the Prince of Waterloo.

List of Marquesses of Heusden (1815 - )

There is no heir to the marquessate.

References
  1. Wet op de Adeldom, 10 mei 1994. Hoge Raad Van Adel, Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden. Artikel 1, Adeldom wordt verleend bij koninklijk besluit. De verlening kan uitsluitend geschieden aan Nederlanders. Alleen bij de verleningen aan de hertog van Wellington en de graaf van Clancarty van de titels prins van Waterloo resp. markies van Heusden (K.B.’s van 8 juli 1815, nrs. 13 en 14) is hiervan in het verleden afgeweken. Overigens verliezen personen met een buitenlandse nationaliteit, die tot de Nederlandse adel behoren, hun adeldom niet.
  2. [Nederland's Adelsboek 95 (Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, 2010) pp. 306-322]
The 2nd Earl of Clancarty,
1st Marquess of Heusden
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