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Buyck family
Buyck Coat of Arms as stored in Archives of the city of Amsterdam, 1521
Buyck | Buijck
Names
Flemish: from a derivative of the ancient Germanic personal name Burghard (see Burkhart ); compare German Buck . Dutch: variant mostly archaic or Americanized of Buijk or Buik.
HousePromoted to the rank of a noble by King Christian of Denmark in 1521
ReligionRoman Catholicism

The Buyck (spelling variant: Buijck) family is a noble Belgian family which can trace its origins back to the 15th century.

Several members have been prominent in politics, architecture, and military. The family was granted a heraldic title in 1521and is credited with co-founding the world's first publicly listed company.

Throughout the centuries, members of the Buyck family have held many political and military positions and some are still active today. The family has a long history of service to the monarchies in the region of Flanders and the Low Countries, a region that spans today’s countries of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg, as well as links to the Scottish and English crowns.

Members of the family have served as advisors and aides to the various kings and queens with contemporary members of the Buyck family still active in Belgian diplomacy and business.




Titles & Heraldry

Title of heraldry Buyck with vidimus (1521)

Title

In 1521, the Buyck family was granted a title of nobility by King Christian of Denmark, according to the laws of heraldry. [1][2] The King of Arms had the power to assign coats of arms and verify genealogies and noble titles.

Coat of Arms & Motto

The coat of arms is a diamond-shaped shield, bisected blue-grey and red, over a lion from one to the other. The earliest reproduction that is still in storage today is the coat of arms as found on the letter from King Christian of Denmark. Later also on the cover of Elisabeth Buyck’s Album Amicorum.

The heraldic family motto is in the old French languagespelling: « Ainsy Dieu Plaist » (modern spelling: « ainsi dieu plaît »), translating to « as it pleases to God ».

The region where the family originated from is formerly part of West Francia. The formal education was furthermore conducted in French, considered the Lingua Franca of the upper class and the higher culture (see Split of the Catholic University of Leuven). It is not surprising to thus find heraldic mottoes in French.

Etymology

The origins of the family name are Flemish. They are from a derivative of the ancient Germanic personal name Burghard (see Burkhart) and can compare with the German Buck. It is also found under a Dutch variant, mostly archaic Buijk or Buik. [3]

The Germanic Burkhart originates from the medieval personal name Burkhard from ancient Germanic Burghard. This is composed of the elements burg ‘fort castle’ + hard‘ hardy brave strong’. [4]

Military, Political, Economic, Royal Matrimony, and Diplomatic life

The Buyck family has had a long history of political involvement and has gained recognition for its role military and in politics.

Military (High Middle Ages)

Jean (Jan in Flemish) Buyck was a knight, born in Flanders in the 14th century, and commander of the Flemish fleet. He originated from the County of Flanders (also known as Comté de Flandre in French), also known as "Royal Flanders". For centuries, the estates around the cities of Ghent, Bruges and Ypres formed one of the most affluent regions in Europe.

Jean Buyck was called upon to protect the maritime commerce, in particular from attacks orchestrated by Charles VI, he led the Franco-Flemish fleet. [5] On 25 March 1387, in a battle near the River Thames estuary in the English Channel the captain of the Flemish fleet, Jean Buyck, was taken prisoner.[6] As he was the most remarkable seaman in Flanders, Duke Philip the Bold offered the English to exchange him for the natural brother of the King of Portugal who had been taken by the French. But the English, remembering the many damages that this brave captain had caused them, refused this exchange. This battle at the mouth of the Thames where we see the Spanish ships fighting as they had previously done side by side with those of Flanders[7].

Political (Renaissance)

Joost Sijbrandtszoon Buyck

In the early modern period, the Buyck family was a wealthy Amsterdam family, several of whose members held important positions in Amsterdam's city council. The most famous member is Joost Sijbrandtszoon Buyck (1505–1588) [8], who served a record seventeen terms as one of the mayors of Amsterdam in the period 1549–1577 [9] [10] [11]. He will be sworn in by King Philip II of Spain in 1549. [12] He joined the city counsel at the age of 24 and was recognized as catholic. [13] [14]

Records of Amsterdam’s land register show large polders attributed to the Buyck family. [15] He was father to three children, Gerbrand, Jacob and Cornelis. [16]

It was the Alteratie that brought the ruling of Joost Buyck over the catholic "vroedschap" (the city-council) to an end. On 26 May 1578, 24 city-council members were forced to leave Amsterdam. The revolt escorted the council to the Damrak, where barges had been prepared to take them out of Amsterdam. They settled in Haarlem or Leiden or quietly returned later on.

Effigy, engraving of Joost Buyck, Amsterdam mayor seated with a fur coat around his shoulders (1578) by Jean Muller.
Portrait of Gerbrandt Buyck by Ketel, Cornelis in 1601 (1548–1616). Oil on wood. Leipzig, Museum der Bildenden Künste.
Granddaughter Cornelia Elisabeth Buyck, painted by Wilhelm Hermann Warnar in 1716. Private collection.
First page of VOC capital subscription ledger (Amsterdam branch; August 1602). The introduction on this page contains the provision that shares in the VOC could be traded. At the foot of the page, the entries of director Hendrick Buyck can be seen.

First joint-stock company in the world

Hendrick Buyck

Genealogy

A successful merchant [17] and co-founder of the first stock-listed company Hendrick Buyck was born 1551 (buried in Amsterdam, 1613) [18] brother to Joost Buyck, the Amsterdam mayor, and Jacob Buyck, the last pastor of the Oude Kerck, who fought against the Alteration. [19]

Compagnie van Verre & Dutch East India Company

Hendrick Buyck co-founded the Compagnie van Verre (long-distance company) known today as the first and foremost forerunner "companie" that would later establish and unite as the Dutch East India Company (V.O.C. or Verenigde Oost Indische Compagnie). [20][21][22] He was part of a company of nine merchants, who had organised a fleet to Java. [23]

All the nine merchants each invested 12'000 guilders: the present value their contribution could buy six canal-side houses in early seventeenth-century Amsterdam.[24] All those that met in the Warmoesstraat (Amsterdam), in May 1594 became "bewinthebbers", the equivalent of "bewindvoerders" or administrators today. [22]

The management of the V.O.C. was organised as such to have six "chambers" ("kamers"), with the closest correspondence being divisions in modern corporate governance terms. Of those governing those chambers all administrators were partaking: they were known as the XVIII Lords ("Heren XVIII"). [25]

The voyages of the V.O.C. endured long after the passing of the founders with its charter being renewed several times. A total of 4'721 vessels fared to Asia of which 3'356 returned. The company was nationalised in 1795. [25]

Charles Edward Stuart (1720–1788)

Royal Matrimony: Marriage between Maria Buyck and Prince Charles Edward Stuart

In 1688, the Dutch stadtholder William III invaded England with a strong army at the invitation of Protestant politicians. He expelled his father-in-law James II, who had become Catholic, in favor of his eldest daughter Mary. In 1745, James' grandson, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie because of his good looks, invaded Scotland. He unleashed the Jacobite Uprising, which eventually met an unsuccessful end at the Battle of Culloden (1746).

It was Prince Charles Eduard Stuart, the grandson of King James II of England & VII of Scotland which marred pseudonym Jan Hendrik Krijgherman he married Maria Buyck in 1749.[26]

The pseudonym was a consequence of his 1748 protest against the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle which had confirmed the British claims of the House of Hanover. On account of this treaty, Charles was required to leave France. Although he continued to visit there in disguise for the next few years, in May 1752 Charles he formally transferred his residence to Ghent. [27]

Whilst he married Maria Buyck, it is believed that Clementina Walkinshaw (born 1720) was the mistress of Prince Charles Edward Stuart.[28][29]


Belgian Ambassador to Croatia, Nicolaas Buyck (2013)

Contemporary times

Robert Buyck

Robert Buyck served the Belgian marines and is commemorated for falling at sea in saving a vessel in distress. In 1927, a Brussels’ street was named after him in commemoration. [30]

Counsel for foreign affairs

In 1997, by royal decree, the family exterior affairs’ led to the appointment of counsel for foreign affairs, to the Belgian Vice Prime Minister, Foreign Affairs and Finance Minister.[31]

Nicolaas Buyck

Nicolaas Buyck currently serves as Belgian ambassador to Croatia[32]. The Embassy in Zagreb is responsible for Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. Under his tenure he established honorary consulates in the cities of Dubrovnik, Opatija and Split. [33] His previous functions as ambassador include his diplomatic posting in Estonia.

Artistic references

Crossbow shooting. Buyck, military man under Egmont, shoots four rings black.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote the 1788 theatre play called Egmont. It contained historic characters including the Count of Egmont set in Brussels. Key in the cast are the Duke of Alva and William of Orange, as well as Buyck a Hollander (a native from the former province of Holland), embodying the military arm as archer [34] and reporting to the Count of Egmont. [35][36][37][38]

Buyck's role in the plot characterised Egmont as a strong and effective military leader and reminds the audience of the count's attitude toward religious tolerance. [39]

Later, in 1809 Ludwig van Beethoven composed the accompanying musical performance for the Viennese opera house. In 1974 movie of the play was released.[40]

Architecture

The family is known to have bequeathed the Belgium architectural landscape, dating back to 18th century.

Neorenaissance

Pierre Buyck Castle, Bruges, 1876

It was Jean-François Buyck (1761–1836), which worked in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands as a supervisor of bridges, roads and watercourses, in the administration of the Rijkswaterstaat.

From 1831 until 1841 his son Pierre Buyck was employed by the city of Bruges, under the direction of city architect Jean-Brunon Rudd. He also became a teacher at the Bruges academy.

In 1842, Pierre Buyck succeeded Jean-Augustin Van Caneghem, as he was appointed provincial architect in West Flanders, responsible for the districts of Bruges, Ostend, Veurne and Diksmuide. The 1876-built castle, intended as a countryside family residence, is now classified as architectural heritage in Flanders. [41]

It was his son René Buyck that succeeded him in architecture, building numerous projects for the Flemish authorities. He is recognised for his neo-gothic and neo-romantic style. [42]

Hotel Astoria, Brussels, renovated twice by Tony Buyck.

Contemporary architecture

ARCHI-BURO architects was founded in 1972 by Tony Buyck, a well known architect based in Brussels. He graduated from Ghent university college St Lukas. [43]

As an acknowledged member of the board of Brussels Urbanism Office, he built experience in designing the Cairo Garden City Center, BMW and Mercedes show-rooms and over 100 private owned estates. He is recognized by his avant-garde style. [44]

Construction steelworks

Victor Buyck is named after its founder who established the business in 1927 near Ghent, Belgium. Initially Victor Buyck manufactured small machines for local businesses and farmers before moving into the construction of aircraft hangars, sheds and outbuildings.

Following World War II, much of Europe’s road and rail infrastructure needed to be replaced. Victor’s son John took over the business: today Victor Buyck is divided into two separate business sectors: infrastructure and buildings.

The company has also established operations in Seremban, Malaysia. The Malaysian business operates independently of Europe and about 85% of its work comes from local projects. The company is also active in other countries in Asia including Australia and Singapore. [45]

In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg the firm was recognised for the 2015 steel construction awards, more specifically for the KPMG headquarters. [46]

Logomachy

In 1991, after acquiring the private residence from Baroness Vaughan, queen to Leopold II of Belgium, the Buyck family attracted dispute over the property. The Brussels' mansion had seen Guy Cudell fail to acquire the property. [47] In a bid to have the Buyck family turn in the asset, the Brussels' Mayor he initiated an eviction procedure on the basis that the compulsory purchase was in the public interest.

The family called upon Belgian royal family's support to fight the procedure. The planning process initiated by the city administration was found to contain irregularities causing it to be invalidated. The Buyck family retained ownership since. To protect the neoclassical property it was recorded as monumental heritage for Brussels in 1993 and later recognised as Belgian monumental heritage in 1994 [48].

Medical field

Félix Buyck is a published author on spinal trauma [49] [50] [51] He was recognized for authoring the study of the Human Brain During High-Frequency Spinal Cord Stimulation [52] during his studies. The Benelux Neuromodulation Society awarded Félix Buyck for his work on 2019 [53]. He was shortlisted for Flemish thesis award in 2020 [54].

Commitment to Philanthropy

Notable Belgian board seats

As Stanford and KULeuven alumna, Cybelle Buyck Cybelle-Royce Buyck – Board Member at EIT Food is as Vice-President Legal and Corporate Affairs sits on the board of the AB InBev Foundation. The foundation was created in 2017 with a mission to reduce the harmful consumption of alcohol globally and bring scientific rigor to the pursuit of AB InBev’s Global Smart Drinking Goals. AB InBev Foundation » Board

Notable Luxembourgish board seats

Several members of the Buyck family have attended Solvay Business School in Brussels. David Buyck founded the Grand Duchy chapter of the institution. As President[55], David Buyck initiated numerous initiatives, most notably the prestigious Solvay Finance Tour. The Tour (and its iterations for cities of London and Paris which followed) has the association bestowing €1,000 worth of finance books [56] to the most exceptional finance student each year. The aim is to reward excellence in finance studies and recognise the closet ties that need to be built between academia and the business world.

The Luxembourg Finance Tour offers equal opportunities to all candidates and has received the support of the Luxembourg for Finance, the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, the Banque et Caisse d'Épargne de l'État, Bloomberg L.P., PwC, ING Group, Aperam, UBS, the European Investment Bank and the European Stability Mechanism.

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