Facts: - residence: brussels and uccle - caption: count a recipient of the 1830 iron cross jacques-andre coghen , finance minister of belgium and - birthname: jacques-andre coghen - party: liberal - cabinet: finance minister - otherparty: unionist , catholic - nationality: belgium - image: jacques coghen.jpg - relations: great-great-great grandfather of king philippe of belgium - religion: roman catholic - occupation: banker , merchant Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jacques coghen .
count jacques andres coghen -lrb- 31 october 1791 in brussels -- 15 may 1858 in brussels -rrb- was the second minister of finance in the cabinet of belgium of the kingdom of belgium -lrb- 1831-1832 -rrb- , and a direct ancestor of the current king , philippe of belgium .thus through his mother , queen paola , and her ancestor coghen , king phillippe is the first king of belgium whose ancestry is actually belgian .a founding father of belgium , coghen was a merchant , financier , and politician of the liberal party .he was elevated to the rank of count in 1837 .