death_place death_date children birth_place religion nationality profession birth_date spouse residence birthname article_title name restingplace alma_mater
mechelen 16 july 1589 petrus peckius the younger zierikzee roman catholic netherlandish law professor 16 july 1529 catharina gillis leuven , namur pieter peck petrus peckius the elder
 petrus peckius church of st michael , leuven university of leuven
petrus peckius the elder

petrus peckius the elder -lrb- born pieter peck , zierikzee , 16 july 1529 ; died mechelen , 16 july 1589 -rrb- , also known as pierre peckius , was an eminent netherlandish jurist , one of the first to write about international maritime law , and the father of petrus peckius the younger .
he was an orthodox catholic and remained loyal to the crown during the eighty years ' war .
in 1582 he was appointed a justice in the great council , the supreme law court of the seventeen provinces , which normally sat in mechelen but due to the dutch revolt was then meeting in the city of namur .
he was married to catharina gillis -lrb- sister of a secretary of margaret of parma , and of a governor of ostend -rrb- with whom he had several children .
