Karel Filips van de Werve

Charles Philippe Henri Jean Baptiste van de Werve (1706–1776), 1st count of Vorselaar, formed part of a very old, important and noble family of Antwerp.

He was married to Marie-Anne de Pret, lady of Vorselaar, Rielen and Lichtaert.

Her father Philippe Louis was Mayor of Antwerp, her mother descended of the House of Moretus.

[1] He was in military service of the Empress Maria Therese, and became in 1768 by imperial decree 1st Count of Vorsselaer, a lordship he had inherited from his father-in-law.

He was succeeded as Count of Vorsselaer by his eldest son Charles IV Bernard.