About Frédéric Auguste Alexandre de Beaufort-Spontin
Lived 1751 – 1817 (aged 65). Frédéric Auguste Alexandre de Beaufort-Spontin was a French politician.
Frédéric Auguste Alexandre de Beaufort-Spontin, 1st Duke of Beaufort-Spontin (Namur, 14 September 1751 – Brussels, April 1817), was a member of the House of Beaufort-Spontin, a Belgian noble family that opposed Napoleon I of France.
Biography Beaufort was, by letters patent of the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, dated 2 December 1782, count of the Holy Roman Empire, Marquis of Florennes, etc. and a privy councillor and chamberlain of Archduke Karl of Austria in Brussels.
Beaufort was Governor-General of the Austrian Netherlands on behalf of the Sixth Coalition Powers in 1814, and President of the Privy Council, chamberlain, and grand marshal of the court of King William I of the Netherlands. He was also a member of the First Chamber of the States General and Commander of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.
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Belgian noble
When was Frédéric Auguste Alexandre de Beaufort-Spontin born?
Frédéric Auguste Alexandre de Beaufort-Spontin was born on 14 September 1751 in Namur.
When did Frédéric Auguste Alexandre de Beaufort-Spontin die?
Frédéric Auguste Alexandre de Beaufort-Spontin died on 22 April 1817 in Brussels.
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Frédéric Auguste Alexandre de Beaufort-Spontin was a politician.
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Frédéric Auguste Alexandre de Beaufort-Spontin was French.
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· Wikipedia: Frédéric Auguste Alexandre de Beaufort-Spontin
· DBpedia: Frederic Augustus Alexander, Duke of Beaufort-Spontin
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