caption surnom death_date death_place children birth_place relatives name parents birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
jean curtius in 1607 curtius 12 july 1628 liérganes , cantabria , spain pierre , michel liège , principality of liège 3 brothers jean curtius jacques de corte , helwy de doerne 1551 pétronille de brazz ian curtius.jpg jean curtius
 jean de corte industrialist -lrb- arms dealer -rrb-
jean curtius

jean curtius , also known as jean de corte and juan curcio , called curtius -lrb- 1551 -- july 12 , 1628 -rrb- was a liégeois manufacturer who obtained the monopoly on providing gunpowder to the spanish army .
the mansion he built on the banks of the meuse in liège is now the curtius museum .
