About Ferdinand van Spoelberch
Lived 1596 – 1675 (aged 78). Ferdinand van Spoelberch was a politician.
Life Van Spoelberch was born in Brussels on 13 August 1596, the son of Jan Baptist van Spoelberch and Maria Magdalena Garet.
In April 1621 he accompanied Ferdinand van Boisschot on a diplomatic mission to France. They had four children: Anna Maria (1627-1627), Maria Magdalena (1628-1635), Karel Frans (1630-1692) and Christoffel (1633-1707).
Van Spoelberch became lord of Lovenjoel on 17 July 1630, He played a significant part in the defence of Leuven (1635), in recognition of which Philip IV of Spain on 31 March 1649 made him a lord in his own right.
On 10 February 1662 Pope Alexander VII appointed van Spoelberch a Knight of the Order of Christ. He was invested by Andreas Creusen, Archbishop of Mechelen, on 13 April 1662.
Van Spoelberch died in Leuven on 8 February 1675, and was buried in the family vault in the church of the Recollects.
The work Brusselschen Blom-hof van Cupido (Brussels, 1641) was dedicated to him by the author, Willem van der Borcht.
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Ferdinand van Spoelberch was a politician.
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