Pieter Roose

Pieter Roose
Portrait of Pieter Roose, engraved by Johann Friedrich Leonart after a painting attributed to Anthony van Dyck
President of the Privy Council
In office
1632–1653
MonarchPhilip IV of Spain
Governors GeneralCardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1633–1641)
Francisco de Melo (1641–1644)
Marquis of Castel Rodrigo (1644–1647)
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1647–1656)
Preceded byEngelbert Maes
Succeeded byCharles de Hovyne
Personal details
Born1585 or 1586
Antwerp
Died27 February 1673
City of Brussels
Resting placeChurch of St Gudula, Brussels
Parent(s)Johan Roose and Maria van Kinschot[1]
Educationcivil law
Alma materLeuven University

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.[2]

  1. ^ Gerard van Loon, Beschryving der Nederlandsche Historipenningen: of beknopt Verhaal van't gene sedert de overdracht der heerschappye van Keyzer Karel V. op Koning Philips zynen zoon, tot het sluyten van den Uytrechtschen Vreede, in de Zeventien Nederlandsche Gewesten is voorgevallen. van Loom, 1726, 262
  2. ^ Joseph Cuvelier, "Roose (Pierre)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 20 (Brussels, 1908–1910), 49–78.