Jean-Baptiste Christyn

Jean-Baptiste Christyn
Jan Baptist Christyn, engraving by Pieter van Schuppen
Chancellor of Brabant
In office
22 March 1687 – 25 October 1690 (1687-03-22 – 1690-10-25)
MonarchCharles II of Spain
Preceded byJean-Antoine Locquet
Succeeded byGuillaume-Philippe de Herzelles
Personal details
BornJohannes Baptista Christyn
(1630-02-22)22 February 1630
Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands
Died25 October 1690(1690-10-25) (aged 60)
Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands
RelativesJan Baptist Christyn the Younger (nephew)
Alma mater

Jan Baptist Christyn the Elder or Joannes Baptista Christyn the Elder (22 February 1630 – 25 October 1690), 1st baron of Meerbeek, was a jurist, a diplomat in the Spanish Netherlands, and Chancellor of Brabant from 1687 to 1690. He was regarded as the Flemish authority on all matters relating to the aristocracy.

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