Family tree of Remi DRIEUX

Bishop, cardinal

Belgian Born Remi DRIEUX

First bishop of Leeuwarden and second bishop of Bruges

Born on 1518 in Volckerinckhove, Comté De Flandre

Died on May 12, 1594 in Bruges, Belgique

Deceased on may 12 30

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DRIEUX

Nicaise

1430 -

FIT

Marguerite

1430 -

DRIEUX

Adrien Nicolas

1450 -

DESWARTE

Marie

1450 -

FENAERT

Dominique Cornil

1460 -

LANGHETEE

Pétronille Cécile

1465 -

DRIEUX

Rémi

1480 -

FENAERTS

Catherine

1490 -

DRIEUX

Rémi

- 1594

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In 1519 Drieux was born in Volckerinckhove, County of Flanders (now in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France), the son of Remi Drieux and Catherine Fenaerts. He studied civil law and canon law at Leuven University, graduating doctor of both laws and in 1544 becoming professor of civil law. In 1557 he was appointed to the Great Council of Mechelen, the highest law court in the Habsburg Netherlands.