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Étienne-Constantin, baron de Gerlache

Belgian statesman
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Étienne-Constantin, baron de Gerlache (born Dec. 26, 1785, Biourge, Lux.—died Feb. 10, 1871, Brussels, Belg.) was a Belgian Catholic statesman and historian and a parliamentary leader in the first years of the Belgian kingdom established in 1830. He helped Leopold of Saxe-Coburg become the first king of the Belgians as Leopold I in 1831. After practicing law in Paris under the Napoleonic regime, Gerlache moved to Liège following the creation of the Kingdom of the...

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