Emanuel Sueyro

Emanuel Sueyro

Emanuel Sueyro in his 37th year, engraved by Pieter de Jode I after Peter Paul Rubens, 1624
Emanuel Sueyro in his 37th year, engraved by Pieter de Jode I after Peter Paul Rubens, 1624
Born(1587-02-20)February 20, 1587
Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands
Died1629(1629-00-00) (aged 41–42)
Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands
Occupationspymaster
LanguageSpanish
PeriodBaroque
Genrehistory
Notable worksAnales 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.

Life

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Of Portuguese descent, Emanuel Sueyro was born and brought up in Antwerp.[1] 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.[2] For this work he was awarded a knightship in the Order of Christ. He was lord of Voorde by purchase.

Writings

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Histories

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  • Descripcion breve del pais baxo (Antwerp, Gerard Wolsschaten, 1622)
  • Anales de Flandes (Antwerp, Peter and Jan Bellerus, 1624), dedicated to Philip IV of Spain

Translations

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References

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  1. ^ V. Fris, "Sueyro (Emanuel)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 24 Archived 2017-04-03 at the Wayback Machine (Brussels, 1929), 253
  2. ^ J.J. Poelhekke, Het verraad van de pistoletten? (Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afd. Letterkunde, new series 88; Amsterdam, 1975) ISBN 0720482836
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