Adrien Goffinet
Belgian aristocrat (1812-1886)
Adrien Goffinet (Neufchâteau, 10 April 1812 – Brussels, 21 December 1886)
Baron Adrien Goffinet senior was one of the most trusted dignitaries at the Belgian court. His father Adrien Goffinet was made the knighthood of Leopold granted by royal decree in 1833, following a brilliant military career. After his military career he was sent in 1839 to the Hague, where he was asked by the Belgian commission to form the new Belgian borders.
One of his most important missions was to bring the empress dowager Charlotte from Miramare to her brother Leopold II in Belgium. Leopold asked to escort his wife Queen Marie Henriette to the Viennese Court. The queen was the niece of emperor Franz-Josef I of Austria. Charlotte was kept in Miramare under the close supervision of Count de Bombelles.
He was the father of Auguste Goffinet.
Honours
Belgium : Created Baron Goffinet by Royal Decree of 15.3.1867.
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