Pieter Roose | |
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 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 | |
| Monarch | Philip IV of Spain |
| Governors General | Cardinal-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 by | Engelbert Maes |
| Succeeded by | Charles de Hovyne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1585 or 1586 Antwerp |
| Died | 27 February 1673 City of Brussels |
| Resting place | Church of St Gudula, Brussels |
| Parent(s) | Johan Roose and Maria van Kinschot[1] |
| Education | civil law |
| Alma mater | Leuven 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]
- ^ 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
- ^ Joseph Cuvelier, "Roose (Pierre)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 20 (Brussels, 1908–1910), 49–78.