Pieter Roose

Pieter Roose (1585 or 1586 – 27 February 1673), lord of Froidmont, Han and Jemeppe, was president of the Privy Council from 1632 to 1653, and a key actor in the government of the Habsburg Netherlands for over twenty years.

Career He was born in Antwerp as the son of Johan (or Jan) Roose and Maria van Kinschot. His brother, also called Jan Roose, would later be a mayor of Antwerp. In 1632 Roose returned to Brussels to replace Engelbert Maes as president of the Privy Council. He effectively became civilian head of government in Brussels, despite the rivalry for preeminence with Ferdinand van Boisschot, chancellor of Brabant.

Downfall Roose was a close friend of Cornelius Jansen. After Pope Urban VIII condemned Jansen's work Augustinus (1640), Roose opposed publication of the papal bull in the Habsburg Netherlands. This contributed to his fall from favour under Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (governor general 1647–1656). In 1649 he was sent to Regensburg to congratulate Emperor Ferdinand III on his son's election as King of the Romans. He was replaced as president of the Privy Council by Charles de Hovyne on 23 December 1653.

Roose died on 27 February 1673 and was buried on 14 March in the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament of the Miracle of the Church of St. Michael and St. Gudula (now Brussels' cathedral).