Hieronymus Bosch

Hieronymus Bosch

male, deceased (1516)
Renaissance painter, Early Netherlandish, Early Netherlandish painter, twentieth century, boss, demons…DuchyofBrabant, Brotherhood of Our Lady, brabant
Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450 - August 9, 1516) was a prolific Early Netherlandish painter of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Many of his works...
Justus Lipsius

Justus Lipsius

male, deceased (1606)
Leiden University faculty, Cardinal Granvelle, Renaissance humanist, Leuven alumni before 1968, humanism, flemish…brabant, university of leuven, Society of Jesus, University of Jena, university of leiden
Justus Lipsius, Joost Lips or Josse Lips, was a Flemish philologist and humanist. He was born in Overijse, Brabant. His parents sent him early to...
Caspar de Crayer

Caspar de Crayer

male, deceased (1669)
martyrdom of St Blaise, guild of St Luke, from Antwerp, Belgium, From Ghent, Archduke Albert of Austria, van dyck…brabant, DuchyofBrabant, Miraculous Draught of Fishes, gild of St Luke
Gaspar de Crayer (1582, Antwerp - 1669, Ghent) sometimes called "Gaspard" or "Caspar de Crayer" was a Flemish painter. He learned the art of...
Jacob van Maerlant

Jacob van Maerlant

male
Chronicler, Middle Dutch literature, Roman de Troie, flemish, belgian, sexton…brabant, DuchyofBrabant, Life of St. Francis
Jacob van Maerlant (born between 1230-1240 in Franc de Bruges - tradition says at Damme; died ~1300) was perhaps the greatest Flemish poet of the...

John I, Duke ofBrabant

male, deceased (1294)
John the Victorious, John I of Brabant, DuchyofBrabant, brabant, leuven, limburg…Duke of Lothier, North Brabant, Duke of Brabant, Henry IV, Duke of Brabant, Aleidis of Burgundy
John I of Brabant, also called John the Victorious (Leuven 1252/1253 - May 3, 1294 in Leuven) was Duke of Brabant (1267-1294), Lothier and Limburg...
Beatrice Of Nazareth

Beatrice Of Nazareth

female, deceased (1268)
Christian, Roman Catholic, dutch, Mystic, Saint, writer…Seven Ways of Holy Love, Seven Manners of Holy Love, brabant, DuchyofBrabant, Seven Manners of Love
Beatrice of Nazareth (Flemish and Dutch: Beatrijs van Nazareth (born 1200 Tienen, died 1268) was a Flemish Cistercian nun. She was the very first...
Johan van Beethoven

Johan van Beethoven

male, deceased (1792)
dutch, Louis van Beethoven, Johann van Beethoven, Magdalena Keverich van Beethoven, DuchyofBrabant, Kapellmeister…brabant
Johann van Beethoven (1740-1792) was Ludwig van Beethoven's father. Born 14th November 1740, Johann was a descendant of a Flemish/Dutch family of...
Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin

Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin

male, deceased (1840)
Catholic, Orthodox converts to Catholicism, canonization, American, Roman Catholic priest, Servant of God…The Apostle of the Alleghenies, DuchyofBrabant, brabant, naturalized citizen of the United States
Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin (December 22 1770 - May 6 1840), was an emigre Russian aristocrat and Catholic priest known as The Apostle of the...
Ayne Bru

Ayne Bru

male
National Art Museum of Catalonia, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Quattrocento, realism, Renaissance, altar…DuchyofBrabant
Ayne (Aine) Bru was a 16th century Renaissance painter of German origin who worked in Catalonia. He may have proceeded from Lummen, in the Duchy of...

Hadewijch

female
Dutch women writer, Rhineland mystic, Women writer, DuchyofBrabant, Minnesinger, Middle Dutch literature…Hadewych of Antwerp
Hadewijch was a 13th century poet and mystic, probably living in the Duchy of Brabant. Most of her extant writings, none of which survived the...