Jean II de Brouchoven | |
Honorific Suffix: | 2nd Count of Bergeyck |
Birth Date: | 9 October 1644 |
Placeofburial: | Leefdaal, Bertem, Belgium |
Allegiance: | Spain |
Spouse: | Livina Marie de Beer-Meulebeke |
Children: | 1 |
Relations: | Jean-Baptiste de Brouchoven (father) Helena Fourment (mother) |
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.[1]
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,[2] and became the father of Nicholas de Brouchoven, 3rd Count of Bergeyck.
He was in service of the Spanish Crown as Superintendent of Finances and Minister of War.[3] 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.[4]
After his death he was buried in Leefdaal.