Emanuel Sueyro
Emanuel Sueyro, Lord of Voorde, Knight of Christ, was an intelligence agent and historian in the 17th-century Habsburg Netherlands.
Life
Of Portuguese descent, Emanuel Sueyro was born and brought up in Antwerp. He translated classical and more recent Latin histories into Spanish, and wrote a two-part history of the Low Countries, Anales de Flandes.He was head of a secret intelligence network in the Habsburg Netherlands, reporting to Philip III of Spain. For this work he was awarded a knightship in the Order of Christ. He was lord of Voorde by purchase.
Writings
Histories
Descripcion breve del pais baxo Anales de Flandes, dedicated to Philip IV of SpainTranslations
- Tacitus, Las obras de C. Cornelio Tacito, dedicated to Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
- Sallust, Obras de Caio Crispo Sallustio, dedicated to Don Juan de Mendoza, Duke of the Infantado
- Herman Hugo, Sitio de Breda rendida a las armas del rey don Phelipe IV, dedicated to Ambrogio Spinola