Princess Barbara d'Ursel de Lobkowicz (30 May 1957 - 13 June 2017) was a Belgian politician who served in the

Brussels Parliament The Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (; ) is the governing body of the Brussels-Capital Region, one of the three federated regions of Belgium. It is als ...

Biography

A member of the

Ursel family The House of Ursel is the name of an old Belgian noble family of German origin . The Head of the House is styled as Duke of Ursel, while other members are styled as Count/Countess of Ursel. History The Ursel family roots are in S ...

, she was a corporate lawyer at the

Brussels Bar Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalit ...

. She married

Stéphane de Lobkowicz Prince Stéphane de Lobkowicz (born 29 July 1957) is a Belgian lawyer, author, and politician who served in the Brussels Parliament. Biography A member of the Lobkowicz noble family, he is a member of the Brussels Bar and wrote a biography about ...

also a member of the Brussels Parliament. A member of

DéFI DéFI (), a backronym of Démocrate fédéraliste indépendant () is a regionalist and social-liberal political party in Belgium mainly known for defending French-speakers' interests in and near the Brussels region. Founded in 1964, the party is ...

, she was elected to the Brussels Parliament in 2014 and served until her death. As a member of parliament, she was primarily concerned with animal welfare. Her daughter Ariane de Lobkowicz-d'Ursel was elected to the

in 2019; in the latter's campaign she indicated that, like her mother, she too was committed to animal welfare.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:d'Ursel de Lobkowicz, Barbara 1957 births Members of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region DéFI politicians 21st-century Belgian women politicians 21st-century Belgian politicians Princesses by marriage Lobkowicz family Ursel family 2017 deaths Princesses of Belgium