Robert d'Asseliers | |
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Chancellor of Brabant | |
In office 5 May 1651 – 28 November 1661 | |
Monarch | Philip IV of Spain |
Preceded by | François de Kinschot |
Succeeded by | Philippe de Steenhuys |
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Born | Robert van Asseliers 2 December 1576 Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands |
Died | 28 November 1661 Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands | (aged 84)
Spouse | Antoinette Vandenberghe |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of Leuven |
Robert van Asseliers (2 December 1576 – 28 November 1661) was the chancellor of Brabant from 1651 until 1661.[1]
Coming from a family of officeholders in the duchy of Brabant, Asseliers studied at the University of Leuven, graduating as a Doctor of Law.[2] He married Antoinette Vandenberghe in 1608; they had a son and two daughters.
In 1619, Asseliers succeeded his father as a councillor on the Council of Brabant. He went on to become a member of the Privy Council of the Habsburg Netherlands, the Council of State, and the Supreme Council of Flanders in Madrid.
Asseliers became chancellor of Brabant on 5 May 1651. Because of his advanced age—taking office at the age of 74—a vice-chancellor, Joannes van Thulden, brother of Diodorus Tuldenus, was appointed to help him in office. Asseliers died on 28 November 1661.[3]
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