Ferdinand van Spoelberch  Ferdinand van Spoelberch (1596–1675), Knight of the Order of Christ, Lord of Lovenjoul, was an officer in the Army of Flanders during the Eighty Years' War  Spoelberch was born in Brussels on 13 August 1596, the son of Jean-Baptiste van Spoelberch and Marie-Madeleine Garet. In April 1621 he accompanied Ferdinand de Boisschot on a diplomatic mission to France. On 12 January 1626 he married Anna de Grimaldi of Morazane (died 6 January 1634), daughter of Simon de Grimaldi, secretary to the Brussels Privy Council. A portrait of the couple has been attributed to Gaspar de Crayer. They had four children: Anne-Marie (1627-1627), Marie Madeleine (1628-1635), Charles-François (1630-1692), and Christophe (1633-1707). Spoelberch became lord of Lovenjoul on 17 July 1630, and by letters patent of 23 February 1633 was appointed meier of the ten villages subject to the aldermen of Lubbeek. He played a significant part in the defence of Leuven (1635), in recognition of which Philip IV of Spain on 31 March 1649 made him a lord in his own right. On 10 February 1662 Pope Alexander VII appointed Spoelberch a Knight of the Order Christ. He was invested by Andreas Creusen, Archbishop of Mechelen, on 13 April 1662. Spoelberch died in Leuven on 8 February 1675, and was buried in the family vault in the church of the Recollects. The work "Brusselschen Blom-hof van Cupido" (Brussels, 1641) was dedicated to him by the author, Guillaume vander Borcht.