Jean II de Brouchoven, 2nd Count of Bergeyck (October 9, 1644 – May 21, 1725), was a Flemish politician who later was recognised as Baron of Leefdael.

Life

He was the son of Jean-Baptiste de Brouchoven, 1st Count of Bergeyck, and Helena Fourment, Countess of Bergeyck. His younger brother Hyacinthe-Marie de Brouchoven was president of the Great Council. Jean married Livina Marie de Beer-Meulebeke, and became the father of Nicholas de Brouchoven, 3rd Count of Bergeyck.

Jean de Brouchoven, 2nd Count of Bergeyck

Career

He was in service of the Spanish Crown as Superintendent of Finances and Minister of War. He was a member of the Royal Council and of the Supreme Council of Flanders in Madrid, and special envoy of Philip V of Spain to the Congress of Utrecht, but without participating in the final negotiations.

Jean de Brouchoven, 2nd Count of Bergeyck

After his death he was buried in Leefdaal.

Jean de Brouchoven, 2nd Count of Bergeyck

References

Brouchoven family

Diplomats of the Habsburg monarchy

Military personnel of the Spanish Netherlands

1644 births

1725 deaths

Politicians from Antwerp

People of the War of the Spanish Succession

18th-century Dutch diplomats

17th-century Dutch diplomats