Emanuel Sueyro (1587–1629), Lord of Voorde, Knight of Christ, was an intelligence agent and historian in the 17th-century Habsburg Netherlands.
Emanuel Sueyro | |
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Born | Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands | February 20, 1587
Died | 1629 Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands | (aged 41–42)
Occupation | spymaster |
Language | Spanish |
Period | Baroque |
Genre | history |
Notable works | Anales de Flandes (1624) |
Of Portuguese descent, Emanuel Sueyro was born and brought up in Antwerp.[1] He translated classical and more recent Latin histories into Spanish, and wrote a two-part history of the Low Countries, Anales de Flandes (1624).
He was head of a secret intelligence network in the Habsburg Netherlands, reporting to Philip III of Spain.[2] For this work he was awarded a knightship in the Order of Christ. He was lord of Voorde by purchase.