Ferdinand van Spoelberch
Ferdinand van Spoelberch (1596–1675), Knight of the Order of Christ, Lord of Lovenjoul, was an officer in the Army of Flanders during the Eighty Years' War
Life[edit]
Van Spoelberch was born in Brussels on 13 August 1596, the son of Jan Baptist van Spoelberch and Maria Magdalena Garet.[1]
In April 1621 he accompanied Ferdinand van Boisschot on a diplomatic mission to France.[2] On 12 January 1626 he married Anna de Grimaldi of Morazane (died 6 January 1634), daughter of Simon de Grimaldi, secretary to the Privy Council of the Habsburg Netherlands.[1] A portrait of the couple has been attributed to Gaspar de Crayer.[3] They had four children: Anna Maria (1627-1627), Maria Magdalena (1628-1635), Karel Frans (1630-1692) and Christoffel (1633-1707).
Van Spoelberch became lord of Lovenjoel on 17 July 1630,[1] and by letters patent of 23 February 1633 was appointed meier of the ten villages subject to the aldermen of Lubbeek (now in Flemish Brabant).[2] He played a significant part in the defence of Leuven (1635), in recognition of which Philip IV of Spain on 31 March 1649 made him a lord in his own right.
On 10 February 1662 Pope Alexander VII appointed van Spoelberch a Knight of the Order of Christ. He was invested by Andreas Creusen, Archbishop of Mechelen, on 13 April 1662.[1]
Van Spoelberch died in Leuven on 8 February 1675, and was buried in the family vault in the church of the Recollects.[1]
The work Brusselschen Blom-hof van Cupido (Brussels, 1641) was dedicated to him by the author, Willem van der Borcht.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Herman Vander Linden, "Spoelberch, Ferdinand van", vol. 23 (Brussels, 1924), 469-470.
- ^ a b Charles De Francquen, Recueil historique, généalogique, chronologique et nobiliaire des maisons et familles illustres et nobles du royaume, précédé de la généalogie historique de la maison royale des Pays-Bas (Brussels, 1826). On Google Books.
- ^ Ferdinand van Spoelberch en Anna Grimaldi in geknielde houding, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage. Accessed 8 July 2017.