Paul-Louis-Marie-Célestin, baron de Favereau (15 January 1856 - 26 September 1922) was a Belgian politician and member of the
Catholic Party.
Life
Born in
Liège
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The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
, he became a doctor of law before serving as
member of the Belgian Parliament for the
arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne
The Arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne (; ) is one of the five administrative arrondissements in the Walloon province of Luxembourg, Belgium. It is both an administrative and a judicial arrondissement. However, the Judicial Arrondissement of Ma ...
(1884-1900). On 16 September 1884 he married Marie-Charlotte Frésart (1864-1947), with whom he had Edith-Paul-Adeline-Marie-Joseph-Ernestine-Elisabeth de Favereau, later wife of
Charles-Albert d'Aspremont Lynden and mother of
Harold Charles d'Aspremont Lynden
Harold René Charles Marie, comte d'Aspremont Lynden (17 January 1914 - 1 April 1967) was a Belgian cabinet minister, politician of the Christian Social Party (Belgium, defunct), PSC-CVP and Cavalry Lieutenant-Colonel. He is also notable as Belgiu ...
.
De Favereau also became Foreign Minister (1896-1907) and
senator
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for the
Province of Luxembourg
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(1900-1922). He was made a
minister of state
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in 1907. For his last eleven years in the senate he also served as its president. He died at the château de
Jenneret.
Honours
* Grand cordon of the
Order of Leopold
* Civic Cross, 1st Class
*
Commemorative Medal of the Reign of King Leopold II
The Commemorative Medal of the Reign of King Leopold II (french: Médaille Commémorative du Règne du Roi Léopold II, nl, Herinneringsmedaille aan de Regeerperiode van Leopold II) was a Belgian civilian and later military and police forces ...
* Grand Cross of the Order of
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Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy)
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the Oak Crown (Luxembourg)
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the Saviour (Greece)
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the Double Dragon (China)
**
the Polar Star
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(Sweden)
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the White Eagle (Poland)
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the Rising Sun
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(Japan)
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the Villa Vicosa (Portugal)
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the White Elephant (Siam)
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the Lion and the Sun (Persia)
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the Légion d’honneur (France)
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Osmanieh (Turkey)
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Pius IX
Pope Pius IX ( it, Pio IX, ''Pio Nono''; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican ...
(Papal States)
References
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1856 births
1922 deaths
Belgian Ministers of State
Barons of Belgium
Members of the Senate (Belgium)
Foreign ministers of Belgium
Politicians from Liège
Presidents of the Senate (Belgium)