Gerard van Rasseghem, Seigneur de Lens

ADELISE van Gavre([after 1307?]-after 23 Mar 1336). Vrouw van Liedekerke, Vrouw van Breda. The following charter shows that Adelise was under age when she married. “Gérard sire de Rassengem et de Lens, mari (baron) de demoiselle Aélis fille de feu Philippe seigneur de Liedekerke et de Breda” confirmed the delivery of Liedekerke to the count of Flanders on behalf of his wife, who agreed to commit “quand [elle] aura atteint son aige”, by charter dated 7 Jul 1320[681]. “Adelise Vrouwe van Liedekercke en van Breda ende Geraerd Heer van Rassegem, van Lens, van Liedekercke en van Breda, als wettighe Momboir Adelisen voorgenoemt...myns Heeren” confirmed granting rights to revenue from “Oosterhoudt” to “Willem van Duvenvoorde, ons...Heeren ‘s Graven Camerlinck van Henegauwen en van Holland” by charter dated 26 Jun 1325[682]. Butkens records that Gerard and his wife sold Breda to Jean III Duke of Brabant in 1326 (no source cited)[683]. m (before 7 Jul 1320) as his first wife, GERARD van Rasseghem Seigneur de Lens, son of --- (-after 1345). https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLEMISH%20NOBILITY.htm#_Toc103320081