Aspremont Lynden was born in
Haltinne castle on 15 October 1815, as the second son of Count Joseph Ferdinand Gobert of
Aspremont-Lynden and Charlotte
van der Straten, daughter of Baron Antoine van der Straten and
Vicomtesse Charlotte
de Nieulant, et de Pottelsberghe. He was elected to the Senate on 26 April 1864 for the
arrondissement of Namur, which he continued to represent until 19 June 1884. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 7 December 1871 to 19 June 1878. During the
Kulturkampf he was obliged to defend the freedom of the Belgian press to report on developments in Germany as they saw fit. He didn't marry and died without issue. He died in
Namur on 6 September 1889. ==References==