LOUIS BROUQUART

Today's blog begins our study of our eighth great grandparents.

 Louis Brouquart's birth took place around 1620 in an area called Moqueron, Burgundy, Belgium. Below is a short description of Belgium during that time period:

"Belgium's modern shape can be partly traced back at least as far as the "Seventeen Provinces" within the Burgundian Netherlands. These lands straddled the ancient boundary of the Scheldt that had divided medieval France and Germany, but they were brought together under the House of Valois-Burgundy, and unified into one autonomous territory by their heir Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, in his Pragmatic Sanction of 1549. The Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) later led to the split between a northern Dutch Republic and the Southern Netherlands from which Belgium and Luxembourg developed. This southern territory continued to be ruled by the Hapsburg descendants of the Burgundian house, at first as the "Spanish Netherlands"." (quoted from Wikipedia). Below is the flag of Burgundian Netherlands, which continued to be used by the Hapsburg Netherlands, throughout those wars and shifting borders. [A special thank you to Robert L. Shepard for finding the flag for this blog.]

Louis' spouse was Elizabeth Hurel.
They had two sons that I know
of, perhaps more children:

Rogier, birthdate and place unknown
Bourgeon, our ancestor, born on 04 Mar 1645 in Bungary, La Rochell, Normandy, France

Louis died sometime before 1657 in Moqueron,  , Burgundy

LOUIS BROUQUART
BORN: abt 1620 in Moqueron, Burgundy, Belgium
DIED: bef 1657 in Moqueron,   , Burgundy
SOURCE: Mrs. Elsie Foster, "Our Brokaw/Bragaw Heritage"