[2] On 7 August 1647, King Philip IV of Spain made Juan's son, Marc Albert , a Knight.

The Brugse Vrije was a castellany in the county of Flanders, stretching between the North Sea, Sluis, Eeklo, Hooglede, Zarren and the river Yser.

[3] In 1654 Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, then-Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, made Marc's brother Jean-Jacques councilor and auditor in the Court of Accounts of Brabant, and councillor in the Raad van Financiën, managing the domains of the Habsburg ruler and performing the financial management.

The castle was inherited by his widow, who after his death married Philippe Gouret de Louville, a major in the service of Austria.

As the officer, 86 years of age, had insufficient funds to rebuild the castle after the Battle of Waterloo, he sold it on May 7, 1816 to François de Robiano.