Charles Terlinden

Charles Terlinden (1878–1972) was a Belgian historian, professor at the Catholic University of Louvain, and papal chamberlain.

Life Terlinden was born in Schaerbeek on 6 July 1878. During the Second World War he wrote a number of popularising works about strong women in Belgian history. From 1955 until his death he was president of the Belgian Historical Institute in Rome. He died in Brussels on 23 January 1972. Obituaries were published in the Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire (50, 1972, pp. 1061–1069), Revue belge d'histoire militaire (19, 1972, pp. 361–362), Bulletin de l'Institut historique belge de Rome (43, 1973, pp. V-XI), and Bulletin de la Commission royale d'Histoire (150, 1984, pp. 75–78).

Works The History of the Scheldt, London, 1920 Histoire de la Belgique contemporaine, 2 vols., Brussels, 1929 Histoire militaire des Belges, Brussels, 1931 A travers notre histoire et nos gloires, Brussels, 1943 L'Archiduchesse Isabelle, Brussels, 1943 Princesses belges du passé, Brussels, 1943 Figures de princesses, Brussels, 1944 La Renaissance en Belgique, Brussels, 1945 Impérialisme et équilibre, Brussels, 1952 Carolus Quintus: Charles Quint, empereur des Deux Mondes, [Bruges], 1965