Ignacio Francisco de Glimes de Brabante

Ignace-François de Glymes-Brabant (Namur, 29 March 1677 - 5 December 1754) was a Flemish born general in the service of Imperial Spain.

Family

He was born one of the 12 children of Gilles II Alexis de Glymes-Brabant, Lord of la Falize at Namur, then part of the Spanish Netherlands. His grandmother Marie-Elisabeth of Nassau-Corroy, was the daughter of Alexis II of Nassau-Corroy, great-grandson of Henry III of Nassau-Breda. He married in 1723 Marie-Francoise de Warigny and had 2 sons: Honoré de Glymes-Brabant (1725-1804); Viceroy of Navarre in 1765:married to Marie-Theodore, daughter of Charles I Emmanuel, 1st Prince de Gavre.

His greatest victories as a lieutenant general were the battles of Messina and Francavilla, fought during the War of the Quadruple Alliance (1717-1721) for the Spanish expeditionary army over the Austrian imperial army in Sicily.

In 1743 he was made 1st Count of Glimes de Brabante by King Philip V of Spain. He died in Madrid on 5 December 1754.