Jean-Baptiste Christyn

Jean-Baptiste Christyn
Jan Baptist Christyn, engraving by Pieter van Schuppen
Chancellor of Brabant
In office
22 March 1687 – 25 October 1690 (1687-03-22 – 1690-10-25)
MonarchCharles II of Spain
Preceded byJean-Antoine Locquet
Succeeded byGuillaume-Philippe de Herzelles
Personal details
Born
Johannes Baptista Christyn

(1630-02-22)22 February 1630
Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands
Died25 October 1690(1690-10-25) (aged 60)
Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands
RelativesJan Baptist Christyn the Younger (nephew)
Alma mater

Jan Baptist Christyn the Elder or Joannes Baptista Christyn the Elder[1] (22 February 1630 – 25 October 1690), 1st baron of Meerbeek, was a jurist, a diplomat in the Spanish Netherlands, and Chancellor of Brabant from 1687 to 1690.[2] He was regarded as the Flemish authority on all matters relating to the aristocracy.[3]

  1. ^ Van Dievoet, G. (1974). "Christyn, Johannes-Baptista". Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek (in Dutch). Vol. 6. Koninklijke Academiën van België. pp. 89–96. OCLC 769091446.
  2. ^ Paul F. State, Historical Dictionary of Brussels, Rowman & Littlefield, 2015, p. 107
  3. ^ Catharina Lis, Hugo Soly, Worthy Efforts: Attitudes to Work and Workers in Pre-Industrial Europe, BRILL, 2012, p. 383