Marquess of Heusden (Dutch: Markies van Heusden) is a high-ranking Dutch title of nobility retained by the Earl of Clancarty.Wet op de Adeldom, 10 mei 1994. Hoge Raad Van Adel, Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden. Artikel 1, Adeldom wordt verleend bij koninklijk besluit. De verlening kan uitsluitend geschieden aan Nederlanders. Alleen bij de verleningen aan de hertog van Wellington en de graaf van Clancarty van de titels prins van Waterloo resp. markies van Heusden (K.B.’s van 8 juli 1815, nrs. 13 en 14) is hiervan in het verleden afgeweken. Overigens verliezen personen met een buitenlandse nationaliteit, die tot de Nederlandse adel behoren, hun adeldom niet.
The 2nd Earl of Clancarty, an Anglo-Irish peer, was credited with resolving various border disputes in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy at the Congress of Vienna (1814 – 1815) and in his role as Ambassador to the Netherlands. For his service as ambassador to The Hague, he was raised into the Dutch nobility with the creation of the hereditary title Markies van Heusden (Marquess of Heusden) by King Willem I of the Netherlands (royal decree 8 July 1815 no. 14).
Nobility The 2nd Earl of Clancarty and all his descendants along the male line belong to the Dutch nobility, in which all the descendant Earls have the title of Marquess of Heusden; the remainder of the descendants carry the Dutch honorific style of Jonkheer or Jonkvrouw.[Nederland's Adelsboek 95 (Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie, 2010) pp. 306-322]
Only two non-Dutch lineages living outside of the Netherlands have been raised into the Dutch nobility: the Le Poer Trench family and the Wellesley family, with the Duke of Wellington as the Prince of Waterloo.
Marquesse of Heusden (1815) Richard Le Poer Trench, 1st Marquess of Heusden (1767–1837) 1815-1837 William Thomas Le Poer Trench, 2nd Marquess of Heusden (1803–1872) 1837-1872 Richard Somerset Le Poer Trench, 3rd Marquess of Heusden (1834–1891) 1872-1891 William Frederick Le Poer Trench, 4th Marquess of Heusden (1868–1929) 1891-1929 Richard Frederick John Donough Le Poer Trench, 5th Marquess of Heusden (1891–1971) 1929-1971 Greville Sydney Rocheforte Le Poer Trench, 6th Marquess of Heusden (1902–1975) 1971-1975 (William Francis) Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 7th Marquess of Heusden (1911–1995) 1975-1995 Nicholas Power Richard Le Poer Trench, 8th Marquess of Heusden (b. 1952) since 1995
There is no heir to the marquessate.
References
External links Location of the fortified City of Heusden on the River Maas in North Brabant, Netherlands - website Google Maps