Charles-Joseph, 4th Duke d'Ursel (Brussels, 9 August 1777 – Hingene, 27 September 1860) was a statesman and minister in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and later Belgium.[1]
Charles-Joseph d'Ursel was the son of Wolfgang-William 3rd Duke d'Ursel and Flore Princess of Arenberg, a sister of Louis Engelbert of Arenberg. In 1810 he was mayor of Brussels, in 1814 and 1815, commissioner-general for internal affairs in the provisional government in the southern Netherlands a position he also held from 1815 to 1819 under King William I. Minister of Works and Public Works. Years later, after the Belgian independence, he was a member of the Senate for the Province of Antwerp (1839–1847) and for the District of Mechelen (1847–1859).[1]
D'Ursel was married to Josephine-Ferrero Fieschi, Princess of Masseran. Their sons were Jean-Charles-Marie-Leo, 5th Duke d'Ursel (1805–1878), Ludovic-Marie d'Ursel (1809–1886) and Marie-August (1815–1878).