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Beaufort-Spontin

House of Beaufort-Spontin
noble family
Armoiries de Beaufort-Spontin.svg
Country

Banner of the Holy Roman Emperor (after 1400).svg Holy Roman Empire

Austrian Low Countries Flag.svg Austrian Netherlands

Flag of the Netherlands.svg United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Flag of Belgium.svg Kingdom of Belgium

Flag of Austria-Hungary (1869-1918).svg Austria-Hungary
Titles

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Flag of the Netherlands.svg United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Flag of Belgium.svg Kingdom of Belgium

The House of Beaufort-Spontin is a noble family which held prominent posts under the Holy Roman Emperors in the Austrian Netherlands, their family seat having originally been in Namur. A notable member of the family was Frederic August Alexander of Beaufort-Spontin, who became the first Duke of Beaufort-Spontin in 1782.Cadets bear the title of Count or Countess. The members of this family now reside in Austria, but their origins are in territories in what is today Belgium.


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