Charles-Joseph, 4th Duke d'Ursel
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Charles-Joseph, 4th Duke d'Ursel (Brussels, 9 August 1777 – Hingene, 27 September 1860) was a statesman and minister in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands
and later Belgium.
Charles-Joseph d'Ursel was the son of Wolfgang-William 3rd Duke d'Ursel and Flore Princess of Arenberg, a sister of Louis Engelbert of Arenberg. In 1810 he was mayor of Brussels, in 1814 and 1815, commissioner-general for internal affairs in the provisional government in the southern Netherlands a position he also held from 1815 to 1819 under King William I
. Minister of Works and Public Works. Years later, after the Belgian independence, he was a member of the Senate for the Province of Antwerp (1839–1847) and for the District of Mechelen (1847–1859).
D'Ursel was married to Josephine-Ferrero Fieschi, Princess of Masseran. Their sons were Jean-Charles-Marie-Leo, 5th Duke d'Ursel (1805–1878), Ludovic-Marie d'Ursel (1809–1886) and Marie-August (1815–1878).
United Kingdom of the Netherlands
United Kingdom of the Netherlands is the unofficial name used to refer to Kingdom of the Netherlands during the period after it was first created from part of the First French Empire and before the new kingdom of Belgium split out in 1830...
and later Belgium.
Charles-Joseph d'Ursel was the son of Wolfgang-William 3rd Duke d'Ursel and Flore Princess of Arenberg, a sister of Louis Engelbert of Arenberg. In 1810 he was mayor of Brussels, in 1814 and 1815, commissioner-general for internal affairs in the provisional government in the southern Netherlands a position he also held from 1815 to 1819 under King William I
William I of the Netherlands
William I Frederick, born Willem Frederik Prins van Oranje-Nassau , was a Prince of Orange and the first King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg....
. Minister of Works and Public Works. Years later, after the Belgian independence, he was a member of the Senate for the Province of Antwerp (1839–1847) and for the District of Mechelen (1847–1859).
D'Ursel was married to Josephine-Ferrero Fieschi, Princess of Masseran. Their sons were Jean-Charles-Marie-Leo, 5th Duke d'Ursel (1805–1878), Ludovic-Marie d'Ursel (1809–1886) and Marie-August (1815–1878).