Emanuel Sueyro
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BornFebruary 20, 1587
Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands
Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands
Died1629 (aged 41–42)
Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands
Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands
Occupationspymaster
LanguageSpanish
Emanuel Sueyro | |
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 Emanuel Sueyro in his 37th year, engraved by Pieter de Jode I after Peter Paul Rubens, 1624 | |
| Born | February 20, 1587 Antwerp, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands |
| Died | 1629 (aged 41–42) Brussels, Duchy of Brabant, Spanish Netherlands |
| Occupation | spymaster |
| Language | Spanish |
| Period | Baroque |
| Genre | history |
| Notable works | Anales de Flandes (1624) |
Emanuel Sueyro (1587–1629), Lord of Voorde, Knight of Christ, was an intelligence agent and historian in the 17th-century Habsburg Netherlands.
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.
