Goswin de Fierlant, the Glossary
Goswin Anne-Marie Félix de Fierlant (ca. 1735—1804) was a holder of high office in the Austrian Netherlands who served on the Council of State, as the last president of the Great Council, and briefly as Chief President of the Privy Council of the Habsburg Netherlands.[1]
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19 relations: Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Austrian Netherlands, Biographie Nationale de Belgique, Brabant Revolution, Brussels, Council of State (Belgium), Duchy of Brabant, Dyle (department), First French Empire, Great Council of Mechelen, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, Maria Theresa, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Privy Council of the Habsburg Netherlands, Schout, Turnhout.
- People from Turnhout
- Presidents of the Great Council
Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen
Prince Albert Casimir of Saxony, Duke of Teschen (11 July 1738, Moritzburg, Electorate of Saxony – 10 February 1822, Vienna) was a Saxon prince from the House of Wettin who married into the Habsburg imperial family.
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Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
Archduke Charles Louis John Joseph Laurentius of Austria, Duke of Teschen (Erzherzog Karl Ludwig Johann Josef Lorenz von Österreich, Herzog von Teschen; 5 September 177130 April 1847) was an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of Emperor Leopold II and his wife, Maria Luisa of Spain.
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Austrian Netherlands
The Austrian Netherlands Oostenrijkse Nederlanden; Pays-Bas Autrichiens; Österreichische Niederlande; Belgium Austriacum.
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Biographie Nationale de Belgique
The Biographie nationale de Belgique (National Biography of Belgium) is a biographical dictionary of Belgium.
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Brabant Revolution
The Brabant Revolution or Brabantine Revolution (Révolution brabançonne, Brabantse Omwenteling), sometimes referred to as the Belgian Revolution of 1789–1790 in older writing, was an armed insurrection that occurred in the Austrian Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) between October 1789 and December 1790.
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Brussels
Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.
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Council of State (Belgium)
Council of State (Dutch:, Conseil d'État, Staatsrat), is the supreme administrative court of Belgium.
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Duchy of Brabant
The Duchy of Brabant, a state of the Holy Roman Empire, was established in 1183.
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Dyle (department)
Dyle (Dijle) was a department of the French First Republic and French First Empire in present-day Belgium.
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First French Empire
The First French Empire, officially the French Republic, then the French Empire after 1809 and also known as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century.
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Great Council of Mechelen
From the 15th century onwards, the Great Council of the Netherlands at Mechelen (Dutch: De Grote Raad der Nederlanden te Mechelen; French: le grand conseil des Pays-Bas à Malines; German: der Grosse Rat der Niederlände zu Mecheln) was the highest court in the Burgundian Netherlands.
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Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
Joseph II (German: Josef Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; English: Joseph Benedict Anthony Michael Adam; 13 March 1741 – 20 February 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from 18 August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg monarchy from 29 November 1780 until his death.
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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
Leopold II (Peter Leopold Josef Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard; 5 May 1747 – 1 March 1792) was the 44th Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia, and Archduke of Austria from 1790 to 1792, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790.
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Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen
Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (Maria Christina Johanna Josepha Antonia; 13 May 1742 – 24 June 1798), was the fifth child of Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor.
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Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure (in her own right).
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Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine
Prince Charles Alexander Emanuel of Lorraine (Charles Alexandre Emanuel, Prince de Lorraine; Karl Alexander von Lothringen und Bar; 12 December 1712 in Lunéville – 4 July 1780 in Tervuren) was a Lorraine-born Austrian general and soldier, field marshal of the Imperial Army, and governor of the Austrian Netherlands.
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Privy Council of the Habsburg Netherlands
The Privy Council or Secret Council (Geheime Raad, Conseil Privé) was one of the three "collateral councils" (along with the Council of Finance and Council of State) that together formed the highest government institutions of the Habsburg Netherlands.
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Schout
In Dutch-speaking areas, a schout was a local official appointed to carry out administrative, law enforcement and prosecutorial tasks.
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Turnhout
Turnhout is a Belgian municipality and city located in the Flemish province of Antwerp.
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See also
People from Turnhout
- Albert Van Dyck
- Aloïs Michielsen
- Barbara Baert
- Barbara Dex
- Constant Janssen
- Coone
- Cornelis Verdonck
- Didier de Chaffoy de Courcelles
- Dominique Deruddere
- Flor Van Noppen
- François du Four
- Gaspar Gevartius
- Geert van Turnhout
- Goswin de Fierlant
- Hendrik Peeters
- Herr Seele
- Ingrid van Kessel
- Jan Renier Snieders
- Jan van Turnhout
- Koen De Bouw
- Koen Peeters
- Kris Van Dijck
- Liesbet Sommen
- Marcel Hendrickx (politician)
- Mia Van Roy
- Micha Marah
- Paul Geerts
- Paul Janssen
- Paul Stoffels
- Peter De Roover
- Peter Evrard
- Philippus Jacobus Brepols
- Pieter Corbeels
- Reccino Van Lommel
- Rik Torfs
- Simon Oomius
- Vera Celis
- Ward Hermans
Presidents of the Great Council
- Christophe-Ernest, 1st Count of Baillet
- Goswin de Fierlant
- Guillaume-Albert de Grysperre
- Guillaume-Philippe, Marquess of Herzelles
- Henri de Vicq, Lord of Meuleveldt
- Hyacinthe-Marie de Brouchoven
- Igram van Achelen
- Jan van der Burch
- Jean de Glymes, Lord of Waterdijk
- Jean-Antoine Locquet
- Lambert de Briarde, Lord of Liezele
- Nicolaas Everaerts