The Goblet d'Alviella family is an old family from

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and originally from the high

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dating back to 1668, it has been recognised in the

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. 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 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.

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Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella Albert Joseph, Count Goblet d'Alviella (26 May 1790 – 5 May 1873) was an officer in the army of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. After the Belgian Revolution, he became a politician and served as the prime minister of Belgium. Career B ...

(1790–1873), officer * 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. * Félix, Count Goblet d'Alviella (

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, 26 May 1884-

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, 7 February 1957) was a Belgian lawyer, director of the ''Revue de Belgique'',

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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

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competition at the

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. * Jean, Count Goblet d'Alviella (1921-13 July 1990), was the mayor of

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. 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. * Count

Richard Goblet d'Alviella Count Richard Goblet d'Alviella family, 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. He is a son of Je ...

(born 6 July 1948) is a Belgian businessman, who studied

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at the

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, (

), and obtained an

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at the

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. 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

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and

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, director and member of the audit committee of the

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, and SES. *Count

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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