Enghien

Enghien, called Edingen in Dutch, takes its name from the noble family that founded the town in Hainaut. Through inheritance and marriage its lordship passed to the house of Bourbon: Mary of Luxembourg brought the county of Enghien into her marriage with François de Bourbon-Vendôme in 1487. It later descended to their grandson Louis, Prince of Condé. In 1606 the Bourbons sold the town to the house of Arenberg, whose dukes made the castle a courtly residence and laid out celebrated gardens around it.