21 Januari 2022 : Jacques Boël died
On 21 January 2022, Jacques Boël died. Jacques Boël, descendant of the Boël family, born on 31 March 1929, was the son of Max Boël (1901-1975),vice-chairman of the Hoge Bosraad, and the grandson of Pol-Clovis Boël (1868-1941), president of the Usines Gustave Boël, industrialist, senator and representative. After completing his civil engineering studies, he headed the steel factory Usines Gustave Boël, among other things. Later he was a director at Union Financière Boël, among others. own picture Jacques Boël married Sybille Baroness de Selys Longchamps in 1962, but divorced her in 1978. Despite his discreet career, he was known to the general public as the legal father of Delphine Boël, until the latter could prove that she was the daughter of King Albert II of Belgium. Book cover Sybille de Selys Longchamps, Prince Albert (later King) and Delphine (later Princess) The basis of the Boël's family fortune was steel however they were investing in other companies, such as the distribu