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Charles Joseph Marie, 6th Duke d'Ursel took which position from 1889 to Nov 1903?
Charles Joseph Marie , 6th Duke dUrsel Charles Joseph Marie , 6th Duke dUrsel ( Brussels , July 3 , 1848 – Strombeek-Bever , November 15 , 1903 ) , was a Belgian politician . Family . Joseph , Count dUrsel was the second son of Léon , 5th Duke dUrsel ( 1805–1878 ) and his second wife , Henriette dHarcourt . Josephs elder brother died before inheriting the title , and Joseph became the 6th Duke of Ursel on the death of his father . Antonine de Mun , Duchess dUrsel . In 1872 , Joseph married his niece , Antonine de Mun ( 1849–1931 ) , daughter of the Marquess de Mun . She was a sister of Count Albert de Mun and born in Paris . In Belgium , she became a respected artist in aristocratic circles . She studied in the atelier of Charles Joshua Chaplin and painted many portraits of family members and members of the Belgian Royal Family . A year before her death , she was honoured in her own right by the Belgian King : she was rewarded and became a Dame in the Order of Leopold . Recently , she was honoured with the production of an exclusive beer , the Cuvee Antonine , and the artworks on the bottle are of the duchess . Children . - Robert , 7th Duke dUrsel ( 1873-1955 ) - Henriette d´Ursel ( 1875-1934 ) , married Count Henri de Boissieu - Pauline d´Ursel ( 1880-1915 ) - Wolfgang d´Ursel ( 1882-1914 ) , Lieutenant of the Guides , died in battle , Budingen ( 18 August 1914 ) . Career . He was a provincial councilor , then governor of the province of Hainaut ( 1878 ) and mayor of Hingene ( 1878–1903 ) . He was Governor of Hainaut during the strikes of 1886 . Impressed by these events , he became , like his brother-in-law Albert de Mun , more aware of social issues . He wrote a pamphlet in 1895 , basing his ideas on Frederic Le Play . When he reached the required age , he entered the Belgian Senate . He was the president of the Senate when he died prematurely . Styles and honours . Styles . - 1848 - 1878 : Joseph , Count d´Ursel . - 1878 - 1903 : His Grace the 6th Duke of Ursel and Hoboken , Prince of Arches and Charleville , Count of the Holy Roman Empire and of Grobbendonk . Honours . - Belgium : Grand Officer in the Order of Leopold . - Vatican : Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Pope Pius IX . - Spain : Knight Grand Cross in the Order of Charles III . - France : Commander in the Legion of Honour . - Netherlands : Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion .