Robert van Asseliers

Robert van Asseliers (2 December 1576 – 28 November 1661) was the chancellor of Brabant from 1651 until 1661.[1]

Robert d'Asseliers
Chancellor of Brabant
In office
5 May 1651 – 28 November 1661 (1651-05-05 – 1661-11-28)
MonarchPhilip IV of Spain
Preceded byFrançois de Kinschot
Succeeded byPhilippe de Steenhuys
Personal details
Born
Robert van Asseliers

(1576-12-02)2 December 1576
Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands
Died28 November 1661(1661-11-28) (aged 84)
Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands
Spouse(s)Antoinette Vandenberghe
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Leuven

Early life

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.

Career

In 1619, Asseliers succeeded his father as a councillor on the Council of Brabant. He went on to become a member of the Brussels Privy Council, 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]

References

Footnotes
  1. Britz 1866, pp. 503–504.
  2. Vermeir 2010, p. 804.
  3. Thijm 1875, pp. 622–623.

Bibliography
  • Britz, J. (1866). "Asseliers, Robert d'". Biographie Nationale de Belgique (in French). 1. Académie Royale de Belgique. pp. 503–504. OCLC 256104854.
  • Thijm, A. (1875). "Asseliers, Robert van". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). 1. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften. pp. 622–623. OCLC 643041140.
  • Vermeir, R. (2010). "Asseliers, Robert". Diccionario Biográfico Español (in Spanish). 5. Real Academia de la Historia. pp. 804–805. OCLC 820528611.
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