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Patrice Beaucourt de Noortvelde

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Patrice Beaucourt of Noortvelde
Portrait of Patrice Beaucourt de Noortvelde, 1789, by Joseph-Benoit Suvée
Portrait of Patrice Beaucourt de Noortvelde, 1789, by Joseph-Benoit Suvée
BornPatrice Antoine Beaucourt de Noortvelde
8 January 1720
Bruges, West Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium
Died26 November 1796 (1796-11-27) (aged 76)
Bruges, West Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium
Nationality Belgium

Patrice Beaucourt de Noortvelde (8 January 1720 — 26 December 1796) was a Belgian historian, writer, and poet.

Biography

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Patrice (or Patricius) Antoine Beaucourt de Noortvelde was born in Bruges, County of Flanders, Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium) on 8 January 1720.[1]

He held the position of lawyer at the Council in Flanders and worked as a tax lawyer for the Tonlieu of Bruges.[1]

He authored a historical description of the Church of Our Lady in Bruges in 1773, featuring a chronological account of all the religious figures and a compilation of ancient and modern epitaphs from this church.[2]

Death

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Patrice Beaucourt died in Bruges, Département de la Lys, French First Republic (now Belgium) on 26 November 1796.[1]

Family

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He had a son named Charles Jacques Joseph and a daughter named Marie Joséphine Isabelle.[3]

Works

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  • Description of the lordship and lands of the provost extending within and the city of Bruges, 1764
  • Historical Description of the Church of Notre Dame in Bruges (French: Description historique de l église Notre Dame à Bruges), 1773[4]
  • Year books of the land of the Free (Dutch: Jaer-boeken van den lande van den Vryen), 1785
  • Faithful Table of the Troubles and Revolutions in Flanders from 1500 to 1586 (French: Tableau fidèle des troubles et révolutions arrivés en Flandre depuis 1500 jusqu'à 1586)[5]
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References

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  1. ^ a b c Warnkönig, L. A. (1851). Histoire de la Flandre et de ses institutions civiles et politiques, jusqu'à l'année 1305. Belgium: Hayez.
  2. ^ Speelmanns, E., Speelman, E. (1859). Histoire du culte de Marie en Belgique: calendrier belge de la Sainte Vierge. (n.p.): Castermann.
  3. ^ Merghelynck, A. (1878). Epitaphes nobles et patriciennes des églises de St.-André, St.-Michel, Oostcamp, Beernem et St.-Georges pres de Bruges. Belgium: Gailliard.
  4. ^ Description bibliographique d'une très belle collection de livres rares et curieux, provenant de la bibliothèque de M[ademois]elle la Comtesse d'Yve; rédigée par feu M. D. L. S.; revue et achevée par L. F. A. Gaudefroy .... (1819). Belgium: Aug. Wahlen.
  5. ^ British Museum Catalogue of printed Books: Edited 1881-1889 by R. Garnett; 1890-1900 and Supplement by A. W. K. Miller. 393 pt. Späterer Titel: British Museum. Catalogue of printed books. (1884). United Kingdom: Dr. v. Will. Clowes & Sons.