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During one of my visits to the S.C.G.D., I had the opportunity to find a document relating the history of the della Faille" family and mentioning a Josine Hamels, |
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born in 's Hertogenbosch (capital of North Brabant, south east of the Netherlands) around 1560 and deceased around 1630. The della Failles are a prosperous trader family living in Antwerp (Belgium) |
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According to a 17th century legend, the della Faille family originated in the kingdom of Naples and were connected with the Leopardis, a family of Constantinople. Referring to later research (1965), they came from Kortrijk (south-west Belgium) |
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and their original name was 'van der Faelge'. At the start of the 15th century, a Sobier van der Faelge lived there, who was the father of Oste, who was the ancestor of Gilles van der Faelge, van der Failge or van der Faille |
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an important landowner and usher of arms of the city of Kortrijk. His eldest son, Pierre (1478-1546) was a foreign burgess of Kortrijk, living in Wevelgem. He has four sons, |
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Bernard, Jean, Pierre and Jacques (the last three are nicknamed 'le Vieil' to distinguish them from homonyms of later generations. Jean le Vieil is at the origin of the power of the della Faille family. |
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He starts a commercial career with the 'Martin de Hane & Son company in 1530 in Venice where he lives for a period of ten years. There he composes all his commercial documents in Italian and writes his letters |
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in the same language and in Flemish as well. He is the first of his lineage to Italianise his name into della Faille". |
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Cornelia, geb. 1581-1584 in remembrance of her father's mother. |
