Pedro Antonio Vergos de Bryas

Pedro Antonio Vergos de Bryas, Marques de Terrassa and Duke of Helmond (1712-1758) was a Spanish-Brunanter nobleman and military commander, notable for his role during the Franco-Brunanter War.

Early life and family
Vergos de Bryas was born in Tarragona, Spain to Juan Antonio Vergos, Marques de Terrassa and Marie-Elisabeth de Bryas, a Brunanter noblewoman. His father came from a well-off urban family and for his actions during the War of the Spanish Succession was made Marques of Terrassa (in Catalunia) by King Felipe V. His mother was a descendant of Founding father Philippe de Bryas and daughter of the Duke of Helmond.

Owning little land in Spain, Vergos de Bryas was quite content on leading a simpler life and enlisted in the Spanish military. The death of his grandfather, Felix de Bryas in 1735 led him to become the Duke of Helmond (via his mother) and inherit much larger properties in Western Brunant, eventually leaving for Brunant in 1737. He was married in 1737 to the wealthy Teresa de los Santos.

Military career
The outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession led Vergos de Bryas to return to Spain, enlisting in the army and leading troops in the Italian Campaign, from 1743 to 1745, most notably at the Battle of Campo Santo. Returning to Brunant in 1745, he settled down for some years but was called by King Pieter I to the Royal Guard. He was appointed to the rank of General.

Personal life
In 1737 he married Teresa de los Santos (b. 1720), a member of a wealthy but untitled noble family. He and Teresa would live in Brunant most of their life together, settling down in Roodstad, in preference of an urban life. They would have three daughters:


 * Carolina Vergos (1739-1790)
 * Marie-Elisabeth Vergos (1746-1749)
 * Clara Vergos (1748-1822), married Philip Neyt, mother of Hendrik Neyt

Teresa died in 1770.