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Léon-Jean de Paepe

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Léon-Jean de Paepe
President of the Privy Council of the Habsburg Netherlands
In office
1672–1684
MonarchCharles II of Spain
Preceded byCharles de Hovyne
Succeeded byPierre-François Blondel
Personal details
Died8 August 1685
SpouseElisabeth van Langenhove
ChildrenPierre-Martin
Professionlawyer

Léon-Jean de Paepe (1610–1685), lord of Glabbeek, was an officeholder and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands. After serving on the Council of Brabant in Brussels and on the Supreme Council of Flanders in Madrid, De Paepe was appointed president of the Privy Council of the Habsburg Netherlands in 1674.[1] He died on 8 August 1685.[2]

His son Gilles-Dominique married Catherine de Brouchoven, daughter of Helena Fourment.[3][page needed]

Works

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De Paepe was the author of a manuscript treatise on the Joyous Entry entitled Remarques sur la joyeuse entrée de S.M. comme duc de Brabant.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Philippe de Cantillon, Delices du Brabant, vol. 2 (Amsterdam, 1757), 46.
  2. ^ Léon de Herckenrode, Complément au Nobiliaire des Pays-Bas et du comté de Bourgogne, vol. 2 (Ghent, 1866), 79.
  3. ^ Reginald De Schryver, Jan van Brouchoven, graaf van Bergeyck 1644-1725: een halve eeuw staatkunde in de Spaanse Nederlanden en in Europa (Brussels, 1965).
  4. ^ Catalogue de livres de la bibliothèque de feu messire L. Deroovere De Roosemeersch (Brussels, 1845), 116.