Dame Catherine de Gruutere

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• Name: Catherine de Peyster

Family/Spouse: Guillaume de Peyster. Guillaume (son of Jean de Peyster) was born in in Ghent, Belgium; died in 1452. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Baudouin de Peyster was born in 1425 in Ghent, Belgium; died in 1506.
2. Jean de Peyster was born in 1430 in Ghent, Belgium; died in 1498.
3. Oste de Peyster was born in 1442 in Ghent, Belgium; died in 1520.
4. Elisabeth de Peyster was born in in Ghent, Belgium.

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Biography:
From Henry de Peyster Baudouin:
"belonging to the family of the lords of Exaerde, Loovelde, Mariakerke, Vaernewyck and of the Gruut of Ghent. The family derived its name from de Gruut, the special privilege of making and selling malt. It also entitled the family to the hereditary position of masters of the influential Brewers' Guild. L'Espinoy in his publication relative to the nobility of Flanders (1631) remarked that the de Gruutere family was one of the richest and noblest of Ghent."