[citation needed] The family moved to the Netherlands where Erasmus of Schetzenberg bought the lordship of Grobbendonk.

It is believed that Claes van Rechtergem, the father in law of Erasmus II, started the economic traffic with Italy.

Continued by his son-in-law, who moved to Antwerp, their commercial empire became so important that the family controlled a large part of copper production in Aachen and the sugar traffic from Brazil.

He became so wealthy that he was on personal terms with the Emperor, and his sons Bathasar, Melchior and Caspar became the most popular heirs of Antwerp.

Erasmus II Schetz, died 1550: Lord of Usbach and Grobbendonk,married to Catherin de Cock van Opinen.