Statists (Belgium)
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This article is about the Belgian political faction. For the political ideology, see Statism.
The Statists (Dutch: Statisten; French: Statistes) or aristocrats (Dutch: aristrocraten; French: aristocrates) were a conservative political faction active in the Austrian Netherlands and later the United Belgian States during the Brabant Revolution (1789–1790). They were led by Henri Van der Noot and fiercely opposed to the more radical "Vonckist" faction, led by Jan Frans Vonck. Although they did initially ally with them for the sake of liberating Belgium.
Quick Facts Leader, Founded ...
Statists Statisten (Dutch), Statistes (French) | |
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Leader | Henri van der Noot |
Founded | 1780s |
Dissolved | 1790s |
Ideology | Conservatism Clericalism Belgian nationalism Confederalism Republicanism[1] |
Political position | Right-wing |
Religion | Catholicism |
Political alliance | Vonckists (1789–1790) |
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