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Frans I van Kinschot

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François de Kinschot
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Chancellor of Brabant
In office
24 November 1649 – 5 May 1651
Monarch Philip IV of Spain
Preceded by Ferdinand van Boisschot
Succeeded by Robert van Asseliers
Personal details
Born Franciscus Henri van Kinschot
1 May 1577
City of Brussels
Died 5 May 1651 (aged 74)
Brussels
Resting place Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula
Alma mater University of Douai
Orders Order of Santiago

Frans I van Kinschot[1] (1 May 1577 – 5 May 1651), Lord of Rivieren, Jette, Ganshoren, was a jurist and chancellor of Brabant.[2]

Biography

Van Kinschot was the son of councillor Hendrik van Kinschot and Margaretha Douglas dite Scott. He was a descendant of the van Kinschot family. He attended secondary school at the College of Ath, in Hainaut, a renowned college in the Habsburg Netherlands. He then studied law at the University of Douai, where he graduated at the age of 18. He joined the law practice of his father, who was a lawyer at the Council of Brabant. Van Kinschot married Margareta Boote, daughter of Adriaen Boote, and in 1630, succeeded his father-in-law as treasurer general and chief of finance to Albert VII, Archduke of Austria.

Under Philip IV of Spain, he was appointed a member of the Council of State and a knight of the Order of Santiago. In 1649 he succeeded Ferdinand van Boisschot as Chancellor of Brabant. He died in 1651.[3]

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