Find A Grave - Brussels

Duke of Brabant, Jean II 'Jean the Peaceful' b. 1276 d. 1312
Duke of Brabant.
Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint Gudula, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Plot: Mausoleum of the Dukes of Brabant
Effront, Jean (Isaac) b. 1856 d. 1931
He invented the standard process used for accelerating the fermentation of beer, and therefore of profound importance to Belgium (which has more than 800 varieties).
Ixelles Cemetery, Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Goldschmidt, Robert b. 1877 d. 1935
Air balloon pioneer, launching the dirigible 'Belgique' in 1907. Also a pioneer of radio, starting the first regular radio broadcasts of concerts in 1914. Later one of the pioneers of microfilm.
Brussels Cemetery, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Gudula, Saint d. 600 (circa)
This statue of St. Gudula stands in the church where she was buried and her remains venerated. However her shrine was desecrated in the 16th century. The second Vatican Council in the 1960s cast doubts on her existence in the first place.
Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint Gudula, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Hirshhorn, Philippe b. 1946 d. November 26, 1996
Violonist, laureate of the international competition "Queen Elizabeth" in 1969. Played with the Berliner Philarmoniker and the London Symphony Orchestra. Uccle cemetery was closed in 1945 because it was essentially full. Hirshhorn was buried there by special request of Queen Fabiola.
Uccle Cemetery, Uccle, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Horta, Victor b. 1861 d. 1947
Perhaps the finest Art Nouveau architect, his buildings (including the palais de Beaux Arts and his own exquisite house) beautify Brussels.
Ixelles Cemetery, Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Hymans, Louis b. 1829 d. 1884
Belgian journalist and politician. His brother Paul was the first President of the League of Nations.
Ixelles Cemetery, Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Hymans, Paul b. 1865 d. 1941
Belgian politician. First President of the League of Nations (the predecessor of the UN) when it was formed after the First World War.
Ixelles Cemetery, Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Isabella Clara Eugenia of Austria, Archduchess b. 1566 d. 1623
Austria Royalty. Wife of Archduke Albert. They presided as regents of the Netherlands for the Spanish monarchy. She was the daughter of Phillip II of Spain and Albert of Austria was her cousin. They reigned over a period of prosperity and culture, the high noon of the country under Spanish rule. After Albert's death, she retired to a convent. Their tomb was destroyed during the period of the French Revolution.
Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint Gudula, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Jean I Duke of Brabant [memorial] b. 1252 d. 1294
Duke of Brabant. Died in an accident at a tournament.
Cause of death: accident
Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint Gudula, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Jean I of Brabant, Duke b. 1251 d. 1294
Duke of Brabant.
Palais Bourse, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Khnopff, Fernand b. September 12, 1858 d. November 12, 1921
Belgian symbolist painter, greatly influenced by the French writers Flaubert and Baudelaire.
Laken Cemetery, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Magritte, René b. 1898 d. 1967
Surrealistic Painter.
Schaarbeek Cemetery, Schaarbeek, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Malibran, Maria Felicità b. March 24, 1808 d. September 23, 1836
Opera Singer. A mezzo soprano known for both her vocal prowess and tempestuous personality, she posessed a range stretching from contralto to high soprano and had a short but spectacular career during which she was perhaps music's first "media superstar". Born Maria Felicia Garcia Sitchez to the celebrated tenor Manuel Garcia and his second 'wife' Joaquina Sitchez, she was raised within the artistic milieu of Paris, becoming familiar with music and fluent in multiple languages from a young age...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Cause of death: Complications after a fall from a horse
Laken Cemetery, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Margaret of England b. September 11, 1275 d. 1318
English Royalty. Born at Windsor Castle, the daughter of Edward I, King of England and Eleanor de Castilla, the ninth of their seventeen children. She married Jean II de Brabant, Duc de Brabant, in July 1290 at Westminster Abbey. The couple had one son. She died at 43 in Brussels, Belgium and was buried at Collegiate Church of St. Gudule. (Bio by: Iola)
Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint Gudula, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Plot: Mausoleum of the Dukes of Brabant
Martyrs of the Belgian Revolution
Below this monument are buried 467 heroes of the revolution of 1830. Twenty-six of them were not Belgians, but rallied to the cause. The revolution broke out following a performance of Auber's opera 'La Muette de Portici' at the Brussels Opera House. The success led to the crowning of King Leopold I who dedicated the monument in 1838.
Place des Martyrs, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Max, Adolphe b. 1869 d. 1939
Mayor of Brussels, later a Minister. He is the man behind many of Brussels's institutions (e.g. the Palais de Beaux Arts and the 1935 international exhibition at Heysel).
Brussels Cemetery, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Meunier, Constantin b. 1831 d. 1905
Sculptor and painter. He depicted mainly the worker's lot in Belgium at the end of the 19th century.
Ixelles Cemetery, Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Moens, Jean-Baptiste b. 1833 d. 1908
He is the father of philately (stamp-collecting). In 1862 he published the first stamp catalogue under the title "Manuel du Timbromane."
Ixelles Cemetery, Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Neuhaus, Frederic b. 1846 d. 1912
Inventor of the Belgian chocolate (praline).
Ixelles Cemetery, Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

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