Jean-Baptiste Christyn | |
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![]() Jan Baptist Christyn, engraving by Pieter van Schuppen | |
Chancellor of Brabant | |
In office 22 March 1687 – 25 October 1690 | |
Monarch | Charles II of Spain |
Preceded by | Jean-Antoine Locquet |
Succeeded by | Guillaume-Philippe de Herzelles |
Personal details | |
Born | Johannes Baptista Christyn 22 February 1630 Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands |
Died | 25 October 1690 Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands | (aged 60)
Relatives | Jan Baptist Christyn the Younger (nephew) |
Alma mater | |
Jan Baptist Christyn the Elder or Joannes Baptista Christyn the Elder[1] (22 February 1630 – 25 October 1690), 1st baron of Meerbeek, was a jurist, a diplomat in the Spanish Netherlands, and Chancellor of Brabant from 1687 to 1690.[2] He was regarded as the Flemish authority on all matters relating to the aristocracy.[3]