Van Hoensbroeck

The House of Hoensbroeck (in German: Hoensbroech) is the name of an old aristocratic family with medieval origins in the town of Hoensbroek near Heerlen in Limburg, Netherlands.

Nicolaes Hoen [nl] is the first known ancestor of the family; he was killed in the Battle of Baesweiler in 1371.

During many centuries, the family owned and lived in Hoensbroek Castle, which can still be visited today.

They played an important social and political role in the region.

In Germany, the elder line of the family continues to thrive as Marquis (Marquess, from the Spanish Netherlands, for the family's head) and Reichsgraf[in] (Count[ess], for each member of the family) von und zu Hoensbroech.