About Christophe Beys
Lived 1575 – 1647 (aged 72). Christophe Beys was a printer.
Christophe Beys (1575–1647) was a printer in the Kingdom of France and the Spanish Netherlands. He was a grandson of Christophe Plantin.
Life
Beys was born in Paris on 18 June 1575, the son of Gilles Beys and Magdalena Plantin. In 1583 he was sent to his grandfather, Christopher Plantin, in Antwerp. He was trained as a printer at the Plantin Press and was educated at the Jesuit college. In May 1595 he succeeded his father as head of the Paris branch of the Plantin office. Jean-Baptiste Gramaye, Flandria Franca (1612) L'Heureux progrez des Armes Imperialles (1625) Coustumes et usages de la ville, taille, banlieue et eschevinage de Lille (1629)
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Who was Christophe Beys?
16th-century European painter
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Christophe Beys was born on 18 June 1575 in Paris.
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Christophe Beys died on 7 September 1647 in Lille, Spanish Netherlands.
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Christophe Beys was a printer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Christophe Beys. https://biography.guide/christophe-beys/
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