Occupation spymaster Name Emanuel Sueyro Language Spanish Died 1629 | Ethnicity Portuguese Period Baroque Genre history | |
Born February 20, 1587 ( 1587-02-20 ) Notable works Anales de Flandes (1624) | ||
Emanuel Sueyro (1587–1629), Lord of Voorde, Knight of Christ, was an intelligence agent and historian in the 17th-century Habsburg Netherlands.
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Life
Of Portuguese descent, Emanuel Sueyro was born and brought up in Antwerp. He translated classical and more recent Latin histories into Spanish, and wrote a two-part history of the Low Countries, Anales de Flandes (1624).
He was head of a secret intelligence network in the Habsburg Netherlands, reporting to Philip III of Spain. For this work he was awarded a knightship in the Order of Christ. He was lord of Voorde by purchase.
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