Two deeds relating to the noble family Culemborg.

Various sizes, on vellum, in French (seals missings).

The familly of Culemborg (18 km southeast of Utrecht) belonged to the highest rank of the Burgundian nobility.
1. Magdalena van Culemborg (°1491) approved, under the authority of Charles V, the transfer of titles and properties from her sister Elisabeth van Culemborg (1475-1555) to her husband Antoine de Lalaing (1480-1540), who was the leading politician of the Low Countries during the regency of Margaret of Austria. Brussels, 22 March 1522. 1 f. Elisabeth van Culemborg, nicknamed "Lady Elizabeth", was the last sovereign Lady of the fiefdom of Culemborg and was also the Archduchess Margaret of Austria's lady-in waiting. Ref. Contemporaries of Erasmus, I:371.-- 2. Erard Van Pallant (ca. 1510-1570) agreed to pay an annuity to the children of his sister-in-law Elisabeth van Culemborg. Culemborg, 14 Sept. 1532. 1 f.