Hippolyte d'Ursel

Count Marie Hippolyte Adrien Ludovic d'Ursel (Brussels, 17 November 1850 – 9 December 1937) was a Belgian politician and historian.

Family

A cadet member of the Ursel family, he was a grandson of Charles-Joseph, 4th Duke d'Ursel.[1] His maternal grandfather was Marie-Hippolyte de Gueulluy, Marquis de Rumigny. He married Georgine de Rouillé (1859–1926), and they had several children.

Career

For six years he served as a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives (1894–1900), and as a member of the Catholic Party he represented Brussels in the Senate from 1905 to 1908.

Count d'Ursel was historian and wrote several works, on family history and Belgium.[2]

The D'Ursel Point is named in his honour.

Affiliations

• President of the Belgian Anti-Slavery Society.[3]
• President of the Royal Belgian Society of Géographics.
• Commissioner of the Exposition Internationale d'Anvers, 1894.[4]

Honours

• Officer in the Order of Leopold.
• Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Saint Gregory the Great.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Hippolyte d'Ursel

8. Wolfgang, 3rd Duke d'Ursel 4. Charles-Joseph, 4th Duke d'Ursel 9. Princess Flore d'Arenberg 2. Count Ludovic-Marie d'Ursel 10. Carlo Sebastiano Fieschi, Prince di Masserano 5. Louise-Victoire Fieschi, Princess di Masserano. 11. Adélaïde de Béthune Count Hippolyte d'Ursel 12. Louis Gabriel de Gueulluy, Marquis de Rumigny 6. Marie-Hippolyte de Gueulluy, Marquis de Rumigny 13. Marie Hatte 3. Marie-Louise de Gueulluy de Rumigny 14. Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise 7. Caroline Mortier de Trévise 15. Eve-Anne Hymmès

See also

• Ursel family
• Belgian nobility

References

1. "Zoekresultaten". odis.be. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
2. "Limo by LIBIS - d'Ursel, Hippolyte". limo.libis.be. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
3. The Age of Internationalism and Belgium, 1880–1930: Peace, Progress and Prestige
4. Findling, John E; Pelle, Kimberley D, eds. (2008). Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9.

La campagne antiesclavagiste belge racontée par les lettres de Jacques de Dixmuide Lettres réunis et annot. par Hippolyte d'Ursel.- Jacques de Dixmude, Jules Marie Alphonse (1858–1928); d'Ursel, Hippolyte (Editor)/Bruxelles : Goemaere, 1929.