Léon-Jean de Paepe

Léon-Jean de Paepe
president of the Brussels Privy Council
In office 1672–1684
Monarch	Charles II of Spain
Preceded by	Charles de Hovyne
Succeeded by	Pierre-François Blondel
Personal details
Died	8 August 1685
Spouse(s)	Elisabeth van Langenhove
Children	Pierre-Martin
Profession	lawyer

Léon-Jean de Paepe (1610–1685), lord of Glabbeek, was an officeholder and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands. After serving on the Council of Brabant in Brussels and on the Supreme Council for Flanders in Madrid, De Paepe was appointed president of the Brussels Privy Council in 1674. He died on 8 August 1685.

His son Gilles-Dominique de Paepe, Lord of Glabbeecq married to Catherine de Brouchoven, daughter of Helena Fourment.

De Paepe was the author of a manuscript treatise on the Joyous Entry entitled Remarques sur la joyeuse entrée de S.M. comme duc de Brabant.

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