English: Charles-Philippe Vicomte de Patin is a son of Pierre de Patin and Catherine-Thérèse de Smet. He was born in Ypres, on April 19 in 1687. He received a noble title from Emperor Charles VI on December 5, 1735, and became Viscount de Pattyn or de Patin. He was a Knight, the Lord of Ter Beke, Burghcoutere and Langemarck. In 1721 he was regent-raadsheer of ‘den Hoogen Raad van Mechelen’. In 1729 he was a counsellor of the secret Imperial Council. In 1733 he was ‘Regent’ of the Hoogen Raad der Nederlanden at Vienna. He married, at Gent, on April 10 in 1715 to Trees-Waltrudis van de Bossche, daughter of Frans and Katrien De Vos. He often stayed at his home Ter Beke in Gheluwe, definitely in 1766 where he appears to have signed several documents. He died, in Gent, on July 17 in 1773. Prof. Dr. N. F. Declercq (Kortrijk 27 Dec 1975) is a descendant of Adrienne de Patin (1634-1710) and Marinus Vermeersch, who were a sister, respectively a brother of Philippe de Patin (1637-1712) and Anne Therese Vermeersch. The two latter were the grandparents of Charles Philippe de Patin, because their son was Pierre de Patin (1660-1735), who married Catherine Therese de Smet in 1663. Pierre and Catherine Therese were Charles Philippe's parents.

The portrait of Charles Philippe de Patin is a reproduction of a painting which is located at Chateau de Freyr and was painted during the lifetime of de Patin. The shown portrait was digitally improved before it was printed on canvas and should therefore be regarded as created in 2020. The two books, shown below the portrait, are part of the collection of the Archive Declercq de Silva. They are:

• Charles Philippe vicomte de Patin (C. P. Pattyn), Mare Liberum, 1726 (in Latin), printed by Mechliniae, typis Laurentii Van der Elst. Complete title: Regnante feliciter Carolo VI. Caesare, neque minus feliciter Belgium gubernante Maria Elisabetha Archiducissa Austriae, mare liberum ex jure naturae, gentium & civili assertum, vindicatum, redivivum. This book would appear in 4 editions. The publication year 1726 is not indicated but appears in an announcement of the book in a newspaper of 1726.
• Charles Philippe vicomte de Patin (C. P. Pattyn), De vry zee-bevaeringe, 1726 (Mare Liberum in Dutch), printed by Andreas Wydts standsdrukker inde Breyel-straete, Brugge. Complete title: Carel den VI. Voorspoedigh regnerende, ende Maria Elisabeth Aerts-hertoginne van Oostenrijk geluckighlijk het Nederlandt bestierende, de vry zee-bevaeringe uyt de wet der natuur, der volckeren, en der borgeren bevestigt, herstelt, en herlevende, door C. P. Pattyn raeds-heer van Syne Keyserl. en Cathol. Majesteyts Grooten Raedth tot Mechelen, in het Latijn uyt-gegeven; ende in onse Neder-duydtsche taele overghestelt.

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