Anselm Adornes
merchant in Belgium
Anselm Adornes (8 December 1424 in Bruges – 1483 in Scotland), also known as Anselm Adorno, was a merchant, patron, politician and diplomat, who belonged to the fifth generation of the Adornes family to live in Bruges.
Family
Anselm Adornes was the son of Peter II Adornes and Elizabeth Brader Ickx. His ancestors were from Genoa. In the second half of the 13th century the family moved to Flanders: Opicius Adornes moved in 1269 when Count Guy of Dampierre arrived. His son Oppicius II (the younger) settled around 1300 in Bruges. The Adornes family was closely involved in international trade and in the administration of the city of Bruges.
In 1443 Anselm married Margriet van der Banck (1427-1480) of Bruges, and they had 16 children:
Jan Adornes (1444-1511), canon of Aberdeen and Lille
Elisabeth Adornes (1445-1453)
Margriet Adornes (b. 1448), kartuizerin in Sint-Anna-to-Woestijne
Maarten Adornes II (1450-1507), prior of the Carthusian monastery Genadedal
Aernoud Adornes (1451-1517) married to Agnes of Nieuwenhove, as a widower, and became a priest resident in St. Anna-to-Woestijne
Jacob Adornes (b. 1453)
Anselm Adornes (b.
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