Léon-Jean de Paepe

Léon-Jean de Paepe
president of the Brussels Privy Council
In office
1672–1684
Monarch Charles II of Spain
Preceded by Charles de Hovyne
Succeeded by Pierre-François Blondel
Personal details
Died 8 August 1685
Spouse(s) Elisabeth van Langenhove
Children Pierre-Martin
Profession lawyer

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 for Flanders in Madrid, De Paepe was appointed president of the Brussels Privy Council in 1674.[1] He died on 8 August 1685.[2]

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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Philippe de Cantillon, Delices du Brabant, vol. 2 (Amsterdam, 1757), 46.
  2. ↑ Joseph de Herckenrode, Complément au Nobiliaire des Pays-Bas et du comté de Bourgogne, vol. 2 (Ghent, 1866), 79.
  3. ↑ Catalogue de livres de la bibliothèque de feu messire L. Deroovere De Roosemeersch (Brussels, 1845), 116.
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