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Comte Ferdinand Meeûs d’Argenteuil

Comte Ferdinand Meeûs d’Argenteuil

War dead  Male  Born 1798  Died 1861

Following the Belgian revolution of 1830 Meeûs, son of a banker, become the governor of the Generale bank (at 32) and stayed in this powerful position until his death. A friend of Leopold I, he was one of a small group of the most powerful men in Belgium at that time.

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Comte Ferdinand Meeûs d’Argenteuil

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Colonne du Congrès

Foundation stone laid by King Leopold I on 25 September 1850, monument inaugu...

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Ferdinand de Meeûs

The bust, placed here in 1979, has been stolen from its plinth at least twice...

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