History of a street · 1050 Ixelles

Rue des Chevaliers

In Dutch: Riddersstraat

Rue des Chevaliers, in Ixelles, has 17 buildings on the Atlas map, for 25 addresses. The best-represented period runs from 1880 to 1913, with 47% of the buildings, but the street was built in several stages. 53% appear before 1914.

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When the street was built

before 14000
1400 – 15990
1600 – 16990
1700 – 17990
1800 – 18490
1850 – 18791
1880 – 19138
1914 – 19441
1945 – 19693
1970 – 19893
1990 – 20091
since 20100

The oldest building dated by the heritage inventory is at no. 2: 1861. 3 buildings in the street are dated by the heritage inventory.

Today's buildings, grouped by the period when the Atlas map first shows building on their plot. Approximate reconstruction.

Where its name comes from

Kind of name: Commemorative name
Theme: Historical references

Lors du rasage des fortifications de la seconde enceinte de Bruxelles, au début de XIXe siècle, les nouveaux axes créés reçurent divers noms. L'avenue de la Toison d'Or fut un d'entre eux, et fut nommée ainsi suite à l'Ordre de Chevalerie créé en 1430 par Philippe le Bon, duc de Bourgogne, lors de son mariage avec Isabelle de Portugal. La rue des Chevaliers y fait directement référence à partir de 1850, il s'agit bien des Chevaliers de l'Ordre de la Toison d'Or. (remark in French, as published)

Source: Odoniris, database of Brussels street names (EBxl), CC BY-SA 4.0.