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Jules Ernest Gustaaf, Baron Krings (29 September 1920 – 1 July 2017) was a Belgian judge and legal scholar.
During his career he became procurator general at the Court of Cassation, a royal commissioner for the revision of the Judicial Code, and a professor of law at the Free University of Brussels. On 25 November 1993 he received a grant of hereditary nobility with the personal title of baron from Albert II of Belgium. Ernest Krings died on 1 July 2017 at the age of 96.
Honours
- 1993: Created Baron Krings by HM King Albert II, Munus et Fidelitas.
- Member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts
- Grand Cordon in the Order of Leopold.
- Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Crown.
- Grand Officer in the Order of Leopold II.
- Grand Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.
- Grand Officer in the Order of the Oak Crown.
References
- Adelbrieven verleend door Z.M. Albert II, Koning der Belgen, 1993–2000, Lannoo, 2001, p. 156 (Google Books).
- "Belga News Agency".
- 1920 births
- 2017 deaths
- Members of the Royal Academy of Belgium
- Members of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts
- Belgian barons
- Academic staff of the Free University of Brussels (1834–1969)
- 20th-century Belgian judges
- Grand Crosses of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
- Grand Officers of the Order of Leopold II
- Grand Officers of the Order of Orange-Nassau