Charles Claes

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Charles Marie Joseph Claes (born June 27, 1855 in Halle , Brabant province , † March 31, 1924 in Brussels ) was a Belgian notary , landowner and politician of the Catholic Party . He sat in the Senate from April to May 1912 .

biography

Charles Claes was born in 1855 to François Joseph Claes (1823–1893) and Josephine Depauw (1814–1879). He was married to Adrienne Zoude. Her son Charles Claes (1881-1963) was the son-in-law of Charles Waucquez, the owner of the Grands Magasins Waucquez in Brussels , and took over the notary's office from his father. The daughter Louise married Valentin Brifaut in 1902 . The daughter Lucie married Baron François Houtart.

After the death of Victor Allard , Claes represented the Brussels district in the Belgian Senate from April 23, 1912 to May 13, 1912 . He played an essential role in the execution of the royal edicts of Leopold II.

Around 1900 he had the Groenenberg Castle built on an estate in Vlezenbeek - Sint-Pieters-Leeuw by the Brussels architect Victor Evrard . He also bought a large estate in Le Brûly , which his son expanded after the First World War . Claes' widow acquired Schepdael Castle west of Brussels.

literature

  • Paul van Molle: Het Belgisch parlement, 1894–1972 . Antwerp 1972 (Dutch).
  • La belle histoire du notaire Charles Claes . In: L'Avenir . (French, lavenir.net [accessed May 5, 2020]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guy Zells: Les intellectuels catholiques en Belgique francophone aux 19e et 20e siècles . Presses universitaires de Louvain, 2009, p. 55 (French, google.fr [accessed May 5, 2020]).
  2. ↑ Groenenberg Castle. In: Inventory Onroerend Erfgoed. Onroerend Erfgoed , accessed May 5, 2020 (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Claes, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Claes, Charles Marie Joseph (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian notary and politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Belgium) , Brabant Province
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1924
Place of death Brussels