Paul-Louis-Marie-Célestin, baron de Favereau (15 January 1856 – 26 September 1922) was a Belgian politician and member of the Catholic Party.
Life
Born in Liège, he became a doctor of law before serving as member of the Belgian Parliament for the arrondissement of Marche-en-Famenne (1884–1900).[1] On 16 September 1884 he married Marie-Charlotte Frésart (1864–1947), with whom he had Edith-Paul-Adeline-Marie-Joseph-Ernestine-Elisabeth de Favereau, later wife of Charles-Albert d'Aspremont Lynden and mother of Harold Charles d'Aspremont Lynden.[2]
De Favereau also became Foreign Minister (1896–1907) and senator for the Province of Luxembourg (1900–1922).[3] He was made a minister of state in 1907. For his last eleven years in the senate he also served as its president. He died at the château de Jenneret.[4]
Honours
- Grand cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Civic Cross, 1st Class
- Commemorative Medal of the Reign of King Leopold II
- Grand Cross of the Order of
- Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy)
- the Oak Crown (Luxembourg)
- the Saviour (Greece)
- the Double Dragon (China)
- the Polar Star (Sweden)
- the White Eagle (Poland)
- the Rising Sun (Japan)
- the Villa Vicosa (Portugal)
- the White Elephant (Siam)
- the Lion and the Sun (Persia)
- the Légion d’honneur (France)
- Osmanieh (Turkey)
- Pius IX (Papal States)
References
- ^ Paul Van Molle, Het Belgisch parlement, 1894-1972, Antwerp, 1972
- ^ Oscar Coomans de Brachène, État présent de la noblesse belge: Annuaire 1988, Brussels, 1988.
- ^ Jean-Luc De Paepe & Christiane Raindorf-Gerard (ed.), Le Parlement belge, 1831-1894: Données biographiques, Brussels, 1996.
- ^ "Paul de Favereau in de ODIS".
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