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The BRC was founded by Louis van Loon, a Dutch-born architect and civil engineer who immigrated to South Africa in 1956. After establishing himself professionally in Durban, van Loon explored his interest in philosophy, starting with theosophy, a religion established in the late 19th century that draws on Hindu and Buddhist principles.
Louis married Agnes of Metz, the daughter of Folmar V, Count of Metz, and Matilda of Dagsburg. Based upon her ancestry, Louis was able to successfully lay claim to Kolmont and Bilzen. [3] [4] Agnes commissioned Hendrik van Veldeke to write his "Life of Saint Servatius". [5] Louis I served as burgrave of Metz from 1159 to 1162.
The counties of Rieneck and Loon were re-united eventually under Gerard of Rieneck's son Louis III of Loon, but he then divided them again, giving Loon to his brother Arnold IV. By marriage, Count Arnold IV acquired the French-speaking County of Chiny in 1227, and brought the main line of the counts of Loon to the high point of its territorial ...
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Count Gerard (or Gerhard) of Loon (died 1191), was son and successor of Louis I, Count of Loon, and Agnes of Metz. He was count of Loon (in modern Belgium ) and of Rieneck (in Germany ). Because of a widespread misunderstanding concerning a document from 1101, some generations earlier, he is sometimes wrongly referred to as the second Gerard in ...
Here we see a young loon catching a ride on its parent’s back, a common enough sight for young loons in waterways all over their habitat. Adult loons are not built for remaining on land, and can ...
Arnold I (b. about 1045 - d. about 1125), Count of Loon (Looz) from about 1079, son of Emmo, Count of Loon, and Suanhildis, daughter of Dirk III, Count of Holland, and his wife Othelandis. He was an ally of Henry of Verdun and Otbert, both bishops of Liège. In 1078, he endowed the collegiate churches of Huy and of St. John at Liège.
Louis Pierre Paul Van Tilt (28 March 1875 – 3 August 1942) was a Belgian sport shooter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. [ 1 ] In 1920, he won the silver medal as member of the Belgian team in the team clay pigeons competition.