Emanuel Sueyro


Emanuel Sueyro, Lord of Voorde, Knight of Christ, was an intelligence agent and historian in the 17th-century Habsburg Netherlands.

Life

Of Portuguese descent, Emanuel Sueyro was born and brought up in Antwerp. He translated classical and more recent Latin histories into Spanish, and wrote a two-part history of the Low Countries, Anales de Flandes.
He was head of a secret intelligence network in the Habsburg Netherlands, reporting to Philip III of Spain. For this work he was awarded a knightship in the Order of Christ. He was lord of Voorde by purchase.

Writings

Histories