Succeeded by Louis de Wellens | Political party Catholic Party | |
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Succeeded by Jean-Charles, 5th Duke d'Ursel Died 27 September 1860, Bornem, Belgium Children Léon d'Ursel, Ludovic-Marie d'Ursel | ||
Charles-Joseph, 4th Duke d'Ursel (Brussels, 9 August 1777 – Hingene, 27 September 1860) was a statesman and minister in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and later Belgium.
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Family
Charles-Joseph was born as Count d´Ursel was the son of Wolfgang-William 3rd Duke d'Ursel and Flore Princess of Arenberg, a sister of Louis Engelbert, 6th Duke of Arenberg. He married to Josephine-Ferrero Fieschi, Princess of Masseran.
When his father died in 1804, he became the 4th Duke of Ursel and 4th Duke of Hoboken.
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Career
In 1810 he was mayor of Brussels, in 1814 and 1815, commissioner-general for internal affairs in the provisional government in the southern Netherlands a position he also held from 1815 to 1819 under King William I. Minister of Works and Public Works. Years later, after the Belgian independence, he was a member of the Senate for the Province of Antwerp (1839–1847) and for the District of Mechelen (1847–1859).