The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of ...
, around 1472 - The Hague, January 5, 1525) was a
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
Leuven
Leuven (, ) or Louvain (, , ; german: link=no, Löwen ) is the capital and largest city of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipality itself comprises the historic ...
and
Orléans
Orléans (;"Orleans" (US) and Hof van Holland, Zeeland en West-Friesland, he was deputy secretary between 1505 and 1508, and councilor between 1510 and 1513, and then again between 1515 and 1524. From 1513 to 1524 he was State attorney (Grand pensionary) of the States of Holland. From 1515 to 1524 he was a Councilor in the Court of Holland. The simultaneous exercise of the functions of State attorney and councilor in the Court of Holland was seen as incompatible by the Dutch city governments, yet Van Loo was able to maintain this ''status quo'' for a period of nine years. Van Loo preceded
Aert van der Goes
Aert van der Goes (1475 - 1 November 1545) was a member of the House of Goes and a Dutch Grand Pensionary.
He studied at the University of Leuven.
Life
Aert van der Goes was born in Delft, and was a lawyer and pensionary of Delft from 1508–1 ...
as Grand pensionary of Holland.
Family
Van Loo was a son of Albrecht van Loo, pensionary of
Dordrecht
Dordrecht (), historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch, ) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. It is the province's fifth-largest city after R ...
(1505-1511) and Dieuwertje van Egmond van Cranenburch. He married Maria Zwinters, daughter of Pieter Zwinters and Catharina Borre van Amerongen. Their son Gerrit van Loo was ''
grietman
A grietman (from Old Frisian ''greta'' to accuse, to summon) is partly a forerunner of the current rural mayor in the province of Friesland, and partly the forerunner of a judge. The area of jurisdiction was the municipality or gemeente. In the j ...
'' of the ''Het Bildt en Raad en Rentmeester van Friesland''.