Ernest Krings Explained

Jules Ernest Gustaaf, Baron Krings (29 September 1920 – 1 July 2017) was a Belgian judge and legal scholar.

During his career he became procurator general at the Court of Cassation, a royal commissioner for the revision of the Judicial Code, and a professor of law at the Free University of Brussels.^[1] On 25 November 1993 he received a grant of hereditary nobility with the personal title of baron from Albert II of Belgium. Ernest Krings died on 1 July 2017 at the age of 96.^[2]

Honours

• 1993: Created Baron Krings by HM King Albert II, Munus et Fidelitas.
• Member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts
• Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold.
• Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown.
• Grand Officer in the Order of Leopold II.
• Grand Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.
• Grand Officer in the Order of the Oak Crown.

Notes and References

1. Adelbrieven verleend door Z.M. Albert II, Koning der Belgen, 1993–2000, Lannoo, 2001, p. 156 (Google Books).
2. Web site: Belga News Agency.