Maria Isabella Harskamps

Isabelle Brunelle (3 September 1724 – 8 May 1805), countess d'Harscamp, was a German refugee and philanthropist.

Life Brunelle was born in Aachen on 3 September 1724, the daughter of Herman Brunelle and Jeanne-Marie Tilmans. She was educated in Liège, Belgium, and in 1748 married François-Pontian d'Harscamp, a member of the noble house d'Harscamp, who had extensive interests in arms manufacturing. Their early married life was spent in Hungary, where they had considerable property. Three children were born to them there, all of whom died young. After 1765, the couple moved to Namur, in the Austrian Netherlands, where they became part of Belgian high society. In Aachen, a street was named Harscampstrasse in her memory.