Émile de Borchgrave

Baron Émile Jacques Yvon Marie de Borchgrave (1837–1917) was a Belgian historian and diplomat.

[1] Borchgrave returned to Brussels to work at the ministry in 1869, and in 1872 became a member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.

[1] In 1875 he was appointed to the Belgian legation in Berlin, in 1879 chargé d'affaires in Serbia, in 1885 ambassador to Istanbul, Ottoman Empire and in 1892 minister plenipotentiary in Vienna.

[1] During his time in Constantinople he mediated a conflict between Persia and Italy in 1890, and published a number of studies on Albania, Epirus and Macedonia.

He retired from active diplomacy in 1909 and was appointed president of the Belgian Academy.