Thierry, Count of Limburg Stirum

Count Thierry de Limburg Stirum (11 April 1827 – 6 March 1911) was a Belgian historian, bibliophile, and politician who served as a Senator from 1878 to 1900.

Count Thierry Marie Joseph de Limburg Stirum was born in Antwerp, United Kingdom of the Netherlands on 11 April 1827.

Following the creation of Belgium, Thierry received Belgian citizenship in 1841.

[1] Thierry de Limburg Stirum was Doctor in Law (KU Leuven) and Belgian senator for the department of Ostend-Veurne-Diksmuide from 1878 to 1900.

[1] A famous bibliophile,[3] he became a member of the Society for History of Bruges in 1870, known under the name 'Société d'Emulation'.