Christine Louise du Tour van Bellinchave, graven de Lalaing

Countess Charles de Lalaing, née Baroness Christine du Tour van Bellinchave, sister-in-law of the artist, 1906.

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2016
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Source citation
Municipal archive The Hague (Netherlands)
Municipal archive The Hague in Den Haag (Netherlands), Civil registration births
Ambtenaar van de burgerlijke stand van de gemeente 's-Gravenhage, 's-Gravenhage, archive 335-01, inventory number 284, 11-01-1866, Geboorteakten Den Haag, record number 87

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obit in newspaper "De nieuwe courant" 01/08/1919

(Curator note: this notice creates confusion by saying she died today. We can agree that ‘today’ is a inaccuracy.
as the lady died on July 30th and the attestation was made on August 1st.
Also, Bellinchave is a ‘registered misspelling’ of Bellinckhove, a mansion near Almelo.
And ‘Behewd Sister’ (Dutch: behuwdzuster) means ‘sister-in-law’.)

"Heden overleed te Santbergen tot onze diepe droefheid onze geliefde Zuster en Behewdzuster. Gaven de Lalaing, baroness du Tour van Bellinchave”

Source: De nieuwe courant 01/08/1919
(Het zou kunnen dat nog auteursrecht rust op (delen van) dit object. Dit betekent dat het alleen gebruikt mag worden voor privédoelen of om een kort stukje te citeren (met bronvermelding). Voor ander hergebruik moet je nader onderzoek doen naar de auteursrechtelijke status van dit object.)

"Today at Santbergen, to our deep sorrow, our beloved Sister and Behewd Sister passed away. Gaven de Lalaing, baroness du Tour van Bellinchave".

Source: The new newspaper 01/08/1919
(It could be that copyright still rests on (parts of) this item. This means that it may only be used for private purposes or to quote a short piece (with acknowledgement of the source). For other reuse, you should do further research on the copyright status of this object).
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Christine du Tour van Bellinchave - c.1893 (pastel)
Sister-in-law of the artist. It seems that this was damaged by a German shell (obus, in the web page text). More likely it was done by a shell fragment, probably in 1914.

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ALMELO - Given today's social and societal status, it may seem implausible, but Almelo used to have quite a few prominent families in matching accommodations. Huize Almelo will first come to mind, followed immediately by the Bellinckhof. But in earlier days you also had the Schuilenborg, De Reigershofte, the Hof van Gulick and the Erven Pezie and Vogelzangh to name but a few. In most cases, only the name was retained, with the exception of the Bellinckhof.

The name Bellinckhof appears in a deed from 1452 when there is mention of an Otten van Bellinckhove. Unlike the Van Rechterens at Huize Almelo, they belonged to the lower nobility and occupied the manor as a borgleen. The Bellinckhave's were borchmen and that meant that they were to some extent indebted to Huize Almelo. Borchmen had to lend a helping hand to the feudal lord and also contribute during acts of war. They had to swear this loyalty in an oath. As a rule, this went without a hitch, but sometimes the borchmen refused to fulfill this obligation. This would lead to confrontations, in which the feudal lord would eventually win. The borchman risked losing his fief if he resisted. This was then given by the feudal lord to another person who first swore an oath of allegiance.

The Bellinckhave estate was originally known as De Woeste and was inhabited by the Du Tour family. That family had come into possession of the havezathe after the 20-year-old Golda Catharina Elsebe Everdina van Bellinckhove married Colonel Du Tour in 1758, a family that more than half a century later was referred to as Nobles of Friesland and from 1820 was allowed to use the title baron. The new couple sold the Bellinckhof a few years later and moved to De Woeste near Reutum/Weerselo taking with them the rights attached to a havezathe. These could vary from one havezathe to another, but could include appointing ministers or schoolmasters or receiving tax benefits.

The Bellinckhof fell into disrepair and was eventually demolished, In 1913 the extensive complex was purchased by J. ten Cate and in 1919 his five-year-old son laid the foundation stone for the new manor house. Two service houses and a carriage house also became part of the estate.

At the end of World War II, a special figure sought shelter in the mansion. Anton Mussert, the Dutch Nazi vassal of Adolph Hitler.

Around the beautiful mansion a park was created under the architecture of the famous park architect Leonard Springer. In November 2014, a fire destroyed part of the first floor, rendering the house uninhabitable for a time. Ten Cate launched a plan a few years ago to build a new estate at the rear of the Bellinckhof. Vogelsangk estate with 8,000 trees, a water feature and walking paths. He purchased the necessary land - 11.5 acres of farmland - and with the naming, an old name is being restored. Some of the city council but also citizens are not unapologetically positive about it. They do not like the colossal mansion in the center of the new nature reserve.

van der Molen, Peter. “Eigenzinnige Borchmannen Op De Bellinckhof.” Lokaal Nieuws Twente, 2022, https://www.lokaaltwente.nl/lokaaltwente/algemeen/eigenzinnige-borchmannen-op-de-bellinckhof.''