Reinhard Vincent Graf von Hompesch

Reinhard Vincent Graf von Hompesch (1660 – 20 January 1733) was a Dutch States Army officer and nobleman who served as the governor of Luxembourg, Namur and ’s-Hertogenbosch.

In July 1710 he became governor of Douai after the Allied victory in the siege of the city, which had lasted from April to June.

Villars having refused to grant the defeated Governor the honours of war, Hompesch and the entire garrison were taken prisoner on 29 July 1712 and the French captured a large quantity of cannons and ammunition.

In 1732, when tensions with Prussia were high, Hompesch became the supreme commander of the whole Dutch States Army and conducted a number of exercises on the border meant as a show of force.

In addition, one of his descendants, Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim (1744-1805), was the last Grand Master of the Order of Hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem.