Thierry, Count of Limburg Stirum


Thierry de Limburg Stirum was a Belgian historian, and Senator.

Family

Count Thierry Marie Joseph de Limburg Stirum was the son of Willem de Limburg Stirum and Albertine de Pret de Calesberg. Willem, of Dutch and Gelders origin, served in the French imperial army and later in the Dutch army after 1815. Following the creation of Belgium, Thierry received Belgian citizenship in 1841.
He married in 1856 Countess Marie-Thérèse de Thiennes Leyenburg et de Rumbeke, daughter of Count François de Thiennes, Chamberlain of King Guillaume of the Netherlands and Baroness Asterie de Draeck.
They had four children, among whom were Henri de Limburg Stirum, mayor of Rumbeke and Evrard de Limburg Stirum, mayor of Huldenberg, who both had numerous descendants.

Life

Thierry de Limburg Stirum was Doctor in Law and Belgian senator for the department of Ostende-Veurne-Diksmuide from 1878 to 1900.
He was president of the Conseil Heraldique and president of the Royal Commission for Ancient Laws and Ordinances.
In 1870 he became a member of the Society for History of Bruges, known under the name 'Société d'Emulation'. From 1891 until his death he was president of that Society.

Publications

Literature