Victor Amédée Jacques Marie Coremans

Victor Amédée Jacques Marie Coremans (5 October 1802 – 23 October 1872) was a Belgian archivist, journalist, historian, and political activist. He supported the Flemish Movement, advocating nationhood for Flanders.

Life and career Victor was born in Brussels on 5 October 1802, the son of Jacques-Jean Coremans, a judge, and Anne-Marie Vandersande. In 1821 he was banished from Vienna for sedition. The Bavarian authorities responded by laying political charges on him, for which he was imprisoned. While in prison he wrote three German-language books that were well-received in Germany: Die Stimme aus dem Kerker (The Voice from the Dungeon), Kerkerblumen (Dungeon Flowers), and Die göttlichen Befreier (The Divine Liberator). Throughout his later career he continued to promote liberal ethnic nationalism, and especially Flemish nationhood, through his writing in such journals as Vlaamsch België, De Noordstar, and De Zweep.

On 7 August 1872, he retired from the National Archives. He died in Ixelles on 23 October 1872.