Count Marie Hippolyte Adrien Ludovic d'Ursel (

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, 17 November 1850 – 9 December 1937) was a Belgian politician and historian.

Family

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member of the

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, he was a grandson of

Charles-Joseph, 4th Duke d'Ursel Charles-Joseph, 4th Duke d'Ursel and of Hoboken, Prince of Arches and Charleville and Count of Grobbendoncq (9 August 1777 – 27 September 1860) was a statesman and minister in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and later Belgium.

. His maternal grandfather was Marie-Hippolyte de Gueulluy, Marquis de Rumigny. He married Georgine de Rouillé (1859–1926), and they had several children.

Career

For six years he served as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (1894–1900), and as a member of the Catholic Party he represented Brussels in the Senate from 1905 to 1908. Count d'Ursel was historian and wrote several works, on family history and Belgium. The '' D'Ursel Point'' is named in his honour.

Affiliations

*President of the

Belgian Anti-Slavery Society The Belgian Anti-Slavery Society (, {{langx, nl, Antislavernijmaatschappij van België) was a 19th-century organization, with the goal of putting an end to the Indian Ocean slave trade in the African continent. The ''Belgian Anti-Slavery Society'' ...

.The Age of Internationalism and Belgium, 1880–1930: Peace, Progress and Prestige *President of the

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. *Commissioner of the Exposition Internationale d'Anvers, 1894.

Honours

*Officer in the

Order of Leopold Order of Leopold may refer to: * Order of Leopold (Austria), founded in 1808 by emperor Francis I of Austria and discontinued in 1918 * Order of Leopold (Belgium), founded in 1832 by king Leopold I of Belgium * Order of Leopold II, founded in Congo ...

. *Knight Grand Cross in the

Order of Saint Gregory the Great The Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great (; ) was established on 1 September 1831, by Pope Gregory XVI, seven months after his election as Pope. The order is one of the five orders of knighthood of the Holy See. The honor is b ...

Ancestry

References

La campagne antiesclavagiste belge racontée par les lettres de Jacques de Dixmuide Lettres réunis et annot. par Hippolyte d'Ursel.- Jacques de Dixmude, Jules Marie Alphonse (1858–1928); d'Ursel, Hippolyte (Editor)/Bruxelles : Goemaere, 1929. 1850 births 1937 deaths Counts of Belgium Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Gregory the Great Members of the Senate (Belgium) Members of the Chamber of Representatives (Belgium) Politicians from Brussels

Hippolyte In Greek mythology, Hippolyta, or Hippolyte (; ''Hippolytē''), was a daughter of Ares and Otrera,Hyginus, ''Fabulae'', 30 queen of the Amazons, and a sister of Antiope and Melanippe. She wore her father Ares' ''zoster'', the Greek word fou ...