Portrait Of Baron De Roisin - General Of The Gendarmerie

Flemish school of the 19th century
Armorial portrait of Baron Henri de ROISIN (1787-1846)
in the uniform of a general of the gendarmerie (1835)
Oil on canvas
H. 108 cm; W. 90 cm

Baron Baudry-Ghislain-Adrien-Henri de Roisin, born on September 23, 1787 at the castle of Rongy, is a Dutch general and politician. Henri de Roisin is the son of Baudry, Baron de Roisin (1760-1829), officer in the service of Austria, chamberlain of the King of the Netherlands, lord, mayor and burgomaster of Rongy, and of Flore de Rodoan (1758-1832). First an officer in the service of France from 1807 to 1814 then in the service of the allied armies (1814-1815), he placed himself for the rest of his career in the service of the King of the Netherlands between 1815 and 1839. Then becoming a major of cavalry and aide-de-camp to the King of the Netherlands, then lieutenant-colonel in the light dragoons, he was elected deputy of the Provincial States of Hainaut (1821-1822) then member of the second Chamber of the States General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the province of Hainaut from 1823 to 1830. Colonel of the staff of the Prince of Orange, then major-general of cavalry in the service of the King of the Netherlands until 1839, he then left the service and became mayor of Rongy. He was made a knight of the Lion of Belgium. On June 2, 1825, he married Alexandrine Ferdinande de Meldeman de Bouré (1807-1863) and from this union was born an only daughter Flore de Roisin (1826-1902). Henri de Roisin died on March 21, 1846 in his castle of Rongy at the age of 58.