Charles-Gérard Eyschen

Charles-Gérard Eyschen (2 June 1800 – 28 September 1859) was a Luxembourgish politician and jurist. An Orangist, Eyschen served in the cabinet of Charles-Mathias Simons as Director-General for Justice.

Born in Baschleiden in 1800, Eyschen became a lawyer. In 1826, he earned his doctorate in law from the University of Liège, He became a judge on the Court of First Instance in Diekirch, He returned to the judiciary in 1832, becoming judge on the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg City. He played a crucial role in the so-called 'Coup of 1856', in which the King-Grand Duke greatly expanded his power and established the Council of State.

Eyschen died two years later, after a long illness. He married Marie-Christine Wurth (1804–1846) in 1832, who had five children by Eyschen before her death. Two of these children died in infancy, but one, Paul Eyschen, would be Prime Minister for twenty-seven years. He remarried to Wurth's cousin, Jeanne-Françoise Wurth (1809–1883), in 1850.

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