Terlinden

[1] The origin of the family Terlinden lies in the town of Rheinberg in the Rhine valley, where its members fulfilled duties of responsibility, from the fourteenth century on.

Around 1580, the local ruler, archbishop of Cologne, abjured the catholic faith and embraced the Luteran belief.

Cornelius Terlinden decided to flee the country and settled in Antwerp.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Charles Terlinden married in Ghent and lived there.

His sons, Charles and Prosper Terlinden, settled in Brussels and founded two distinct branches.