Eugène Henri Léonard Beyens
Eugène Henri Léonard Beyens (born November 12, 1816 in Brussels , † July 17, 1894 in Presles , Val-d'Oise ) was a Belgian diplomat .
Life
Eugène Henri Léonard Beyens was the son of Isabelle Constance Adélaide Fonteyne and Jean Baptiste Justin Beyens. On June 5, 1848 he was promoted to second class legation secretary in Madrid and there on June 6, 1851 to first class legation secretary. On June 29, 1851, he married in Madrid María de las Mercedes Alcalá Galiano y Valencia (born June 9, 1828 in Madrid), a playmate of Eugénie de Montijo .
On October 25, 1852, he was inducted into the Leopold Order, and on December 12 of the same year his daughter Isabelle Françoise d'Assise Marie de la Guadeloupe Donate Louis Fernande Antoinette was born.
Eugénie de Montijo married Napoleon III on January 30, 1853 . and subsequently Beyens was transferred to the embassy in Paris, where the imperial couple became godparents for his son Napoléon Eugène Louis Joseph Marie Auguste Beyens .
In 1856 Beyens was promoted to Legation Councilor, on May 3, 1861, his son Hubert Beyens was born, and in 1864 he replaced Firmin Rogier as Belgian envoy in Paris.
From 1861 Napoleon III tried. to collect debts from the US-Mexican war in Mexico with military intervention and to assume the legacy of the Spanish conquest. Eugène Henri Léonard Beyens was accepted by Maximilian I into the Order Imperial de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe .
Individual evidence
- ^ La Belgique héraldique , p. 628
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Aldephonse Alexandre Félix du Jardin | Belgian Chargé d'affaires in Madrid June 6, 1851 - January 30, 1853 |
1856: Gabriel Auguste van der Straten-Ponthoz |
| Firmin Rogier | Belgian envoy in Paris 1864 - July 17, 1894 |
Auguste d'Anethan |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beyens, Eugène Henri Léonard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 17, 1894 |
| Place of death | Presles , Val-d'Oise |