René de Renesse, 1st Count of Warfusée

René III of Renesse, Viscount of Montenaecken, Baron of Gaesbeeck, Lord of Elderen (ca.

René de Renesse, 1st Count of Warfusée;Married to Albertine of Egmont He was chairman of the Board of Finances in the Netherlands under Philip IV of Spain.

He was involved in the Conspiracy of Nobles (1632) and made efforts to convince France to invade the Southern Netherlands in support of a planned revolt against Spanish rule.

Accused of abuse of his office before the plan came to fruition, he fled to Liège and issued a manifesto against the government in Brussels.

On 16 April 1637 he invited the anti-Spanish mayor of Liège, Sébastien de La Ruelle, to a banquet to be held in his house the next day.