Alexander von Bournonville
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Alexander von Bournonville, Alexander de Bournonville, Alexander II Hyppolite, Prince of Bournonville and Count of Hennin (1616–1691) was a Flemish military man. He held the titles of Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, Viceroy of Catalonia (1678–1685), and Viceroy of Navarre (1686–1691).
The title of Prince of Bournonville, now a place located in Pas-de-Calais near the frontier with Belgium, was awarded in Madrid, Spain, by King Felipe IV of Spain on 12 July 1658, to Alexander de Bournonville, third Count of Henin Lictard. Bournonville later settled in Spain and became both Viceroy of Catalonia and Viceroy of Navarre.
[edit] See also
- List of Spanish viceroys of Catalonia
- List of Field Marshals of the Holy Roman Empire
- Viceroy of Navarre
- Order of the Golden Fleece
