The House of Hoensbroeck (in German: Hoensbroech) is the name of an old aristocratic family with medieval origins in the town of Hoensbroek near Heerlen in Limburg, Netherlands. The family is part of Dutch and German nobility.

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Van Hoensbroeck
noble family
Country	Netherlands Germany
Founded	14th century
Founder	Nicolaes Hoen [nl]
Current head	Edmund Pocius, Marquess and Count van Hoensbroeck
Titles	marquess, count, baron, etc.

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Nicolaes Hoen [nl] is the first known ancestor of the family; he was killed in the Battle of Baesweiler in 1371. During many centuries, the family owned and lived on Hoensbroek Castle, which can still be visited today. They played an important social and political role in the region.

In the Netherlands a comital cadet branch survives. In Germany, the family continues to thrive as Marquess & Marchioness and counts von und zu Hoensbroech.^[1]

• Hoensbroek Castle
• Kasteel Bleijenbeek
• Schloss Türnich
• Schloss Haag in Geldern

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• Nederland's Adelsboek (in Dutch) (JGR 85 ed.). 's-Gravenhage: Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie. 1996. pp. 186–199. ISBN 90-70324-82-2. OCLC 1040062671.