Frédéric Auguste Alexandre de Beaufort-Spontin, 1st Duke of Beaufort-Spontin (Namur, 14 September 1751 – Brussels, April 1817), was a member of the

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, a Belgian noble family that opposed

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of France.

Biography

Beaufort was, by letters patent of the Holy Roman Emperor

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, dated 2 December 1782, count of the Holy Roman Empire, Marquis of Florennes, etc. and a privy councillor and chamberlain of Archduke Karl of Austria in Brussels. Beaufort was Governor-General of the

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on behalf of the

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Powers in 1814, and President of the Privy Council, chamberlain, and grand marshal of the court of King

William I of the Netherlands William I (Willem Frederik; 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843) was King of the Netherlands and List of monarchs of Luxembourg, Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1815 until his abdication in 1840. Born as the son of William V, Prince of Orange, ...

. He was also a member of the First Chamber of the States General and Commander of the

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* 1751 births 1817 deaths {{Belgium-noble-stub