Gabriel Brühl

Gabriel Brühl
Born(1691-09-27)September 27, 1691
Eygelshoven, Habsburg Netherlands
Died(1743-09-10)September 10, 1743
Ubach over Worms, Habsburg Netherlands
Criminal status
Executed
SpouseAnna Jeanne Boymans
ChildrenWilhelmus Josephus Brühl, Anna Sophia Brühl, Maria Gertrudis Brühl
Parents
  • Henricus Brühl (father)
  • Agnes Wehlen (mother)
Criminal charge
Satanism, burglary, armed robbery, theft and assault
Penalty
Death by hanging

Gabriel Brühl (Eygelshoven, Habsburg Netherlands, 27 September 1691 - Ubach over Worms, Habsburg Netherlands, 10 September 1743) was a Dutch criminal.

Together with 10 other gang members, he was executed on 10 September 1743, during the first executions of the Buckriders, a notorious 18th century crime syndicate. Brühl was named as an accomplice in de voluntary confessions of Anne Barbe Pennarts and Joannes Moulen, as well as in the torture confessions of Frans Willem Kerckhoffs, Peter Caspar ten Konig and Joannes Dirckx (also known as Den Dock).

Brühl was the 4th-great-grandfather of the Belgian detective writer Georges Simenon, who sometimes used "Brulls" as a pseudonym.

References

  • Bokkenrijders en hun afstammelingen, consulted on 15 April 2026.
  • Geneanet, consulted on 15 April 2026.
  • Anton Blok, De Bokkenrijders, roversbenden en geheime genootschappen in de Landen van Overmaas (1730-1774). (Prometheus, Amsterdam. 1991)
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