One of his two sons, named Giselbert in honor of his maternal grandfather, married the daughter and heiress of Conon, count of Montaigu and Clermont, and of Ide, the sister of the famous Godfrey of Bouillon, the first king of Jerusalem.

[1] The castle grounds cover an area of more than 100 ha, consisting of woods, meadows, fields and orchards.

Taking place during the time of the French Revolution, the construction of such a landmark was an expensive and risky undertaking.

At the end of the war, in the year 1945, the castle was deliberately hit by a German V-1 flying bomb.

Count Jean-Joseph van der Noot married Florence Ruys Scheeren, Countess of Elissem near Landen.

After the death of her husband in 1813, Louise married Count Charles d'Outremont, whose family is still in possession of the castle.