The Goblet d'Alviella family is an old family from
Tournai
Tournai or Tournay ( ; ; nl, Doornik ; pcd, Tornai; wa, Tornè ; la, Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It lies southwest of Brussels on the river Scheldt. Tournai is part of Euromet ...
and originally from the high
Portuguese nobility dating back to 1668, it has been
recognised in the
Belgian nobility. On June 21, 1838, it received from Queen Mary II of Portugal, the hereditary title of "Count of Alviella" and "Grandesse" (see Grandesse of Spain) in favor of Albert Goblet. On November 20, 1838,
King Leopold I of Belgium
Leopold I (french: Léopold; 16 December 1790 – 10 December 1865) was the first king of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his death in 1865.
The youngest son of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Leopold took a commission in the ...
homologated the letters patent and authorized the family to hold this same title in Belgium. On February 22, 1845, Count Louis Goblet d'Alviella and his descendants were allowed to wear a crown of Marquis on their coats of arms instead of a crown of count, by King Leopold I of Belgium.
Members
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Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella (1790-1873), officer
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Eugène, Count Goblet d'Alviella (10 August 1846 – 9 September 1925) was a lawyer, liberal senator of Belgium and a Professor of the history of religions and rector of the Université libre de Bruxelles. He was the father of Félix.
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Félix, Count Goblet d'Alviella (
Elsene
(French, ) or (Dutch, ), is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located to the south-east of Brussels' city centre, it is geographically bisected by the City of Brussels. It is also bordered by the munici ...
, 26 May 1884-
Brussels, 7 February 1957) was a Belgian lawyer, director of the ''Revue de Belgique'',
alderman and Olympic
fencer.
He was married to Eva Boël (1883–1956). He was a son of Eugène, and the father of Jean Goblet d'Alviella. He won a silver medal in the team
épée competition at the
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...
.
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Jean, Count Goblet d'Alviella (1921-13 July 1990), was the mayor of
Court-Saint-Étienne. He was married with June Corfield. Together they have four children: Richard, Christine, Patrick, and Michael. He is a son of Félix Goblet d'Alviella.
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Richard Goblet d'Alviella (born 6 July 1948) is a Belgian businessman, who studied
economics at the
Université libre de Bruxelles, (
Brussels), and obtained an
MBA at the
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...
. He is a son of Jean Goblet d'Alviella. On 22 July 1971, he married countess Veronique d'Oultremont. He is a member of the board of directors of the
Groupe Danone and
Sofina, director and member of the audit committee of the
Delhaize Group, and
SES.
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Michael Goblet d'Alviella
Count Michael Goblet d'Alviella is a Belgian liberal politician, counsel-general, and mayor of Court-Saint-Étienne. He is a son of Jean Goblet d'Alviella and his wife, June Dierdre Corfield. He is the grandson of Sir Conrad Laurence Corfield. ...
is a Belgian liberal politician, former consul-general (Jerusalem, 1995–98),
and mayor of Court-Saint-Étienne. He is a son of Jean Goblet d'Alviella.
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