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Léon-Jean De Paepe
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. He died on 8 August 1685. His son Gilles-Dominique married Catherine de Brouchoven, daughter of Helena Fourment. Works 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''.''Catalogue de livres de la bibliothèque de feu messire L. Deroovere De Roosemeersch'' (Brussels, 1845), 116. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Paepe, Leon-Jean de People of the Eighty Years' War Presidents of the Privy Council of the Habsburg Netherlands 1610 births 1685 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles II Of Spain
Charles II of Spain (''Spanish: Carlos II,'' 6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700), known as the Bewitched (''Spanish: El Hechizado''), was the last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire. Best remembered for his physical disabilities and the War of the Spanish Succession that followed his death, Charles's reign has traditionally been viewed as one of managed decline. However, many of the issues Spain faced in this period were inherited from his predecessors and some recent historians have suggested a more balanced perspective. For reasons that are still debated, Charles experienced extended periods of ill health throughout his life and from the moment he became king at the age of three in 1665, the succession was a prominent consideration in European politics. Historian John Langdon-Davies summarised his life as follows: "Of no man is it more true to say that in his beginning was his end; from the day of his birth, they were waiting for his death". Despite this, his successors inhe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
