Jean II de Brouchoven, 2nd Count of Bergeyck (October 9, 1644 - May 21, 1725), was a Flemish politician who later was recognised as Baron of Leefdael.

Life

He was the son of Jean-Baptiste de Brouchoven, 1st Count of Bergeyck, and

Helena Fourment Helena Fourment or Hélène Fourment (11 April 1614 – 15 July 1673) was the second wife of Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens. She was the subject of a few portraits by Rubens, and also modeled for other religious and mythological paintings. Fam ...

, Countess of Bergeyck. His younger brother

Hyacinthe-Marie de Brouchoven Hyachinthe-Marie de Brouchoven (1650–1707), Lord of Steen and Spy, was a Flemish nobleman who became president of the Great Council of Mechelen. Family He was born the son of Jean-Baptiste de Brouchoven, Count of Bergeyck, and his wife Hél� ...

was president of the Great Council. Jean married Livina Marie de Beer-Meulebeke, and became the father of Nicholas de Brouchoven, 3rd Count of Bergeyck.

Career

He was in service of the Spanish Crown as Superintendent of Finances and Minister of War. He was a member of the Royal Council and of the

Supreme Council of Flanders The Supreme Council of Flanders and Burgundy (''Consejo Supremo de Flandes y Borgoña'' (i.e. Flanders and Burgundy), or simply ''Consejo de Flandes'') was a governing institution in the Spanish Empire responsible for advising the king of Spain ...

in Madrid, and special envoy of

Philip V of Spain Philip V ( es, Felipe; 19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746) was King of Spain from 1 November 1700 to 14 January 1724, and again from 6 September 1724 to his death in 1746. His total reign of 45 years is the longest in the history of the Spanish mon ...

to the

Congress of Utrecht A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...

, but without participating in the final negotiations. After his death he was buried in Leefdaal.

References

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