Bertrand Philip Sigismund Albrecht, Count of Gronsveld-van Diepenbroick-Impel (19 November 1715,
Empel – 15 November 1772,
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...
) was a former Dutch envoy in Berlin to
Frederick the Great
Frederick II (german: Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was King in Prussia from 1740 until 1772, and King of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the S ...
.
He was the fourth son of Johann Bertram Arnold, Freiherr von Diepenbroick, from 1719 on "von Gronsfeld-Diepenbroick", and Wilhelmine, countess of Wartensleben. In 1750 or 1751, Bertrand married Amöne Sophie Friederike zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Virneburg. He was lord of
Wijngaarden and Ruigbroek from an unknown date.
From 1749, he was a member of the
Ridderschap of Holland,
drost of
Muiden
Muiden () is a city and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It lies at the mouth of the Vecht and is in an area called the Vechtstreek. Since 2016, Muiden has been part of the new municipality of Gooise Mere ...
and president of the
Admiralty of Amsterdam
The Admiralty of Amsterdam was the largest of the five Dutch admiralties at the time of the Dutch Republic. The administration of the various admiralties was strongly influenced by provincial interests. The territory for which Amsterdam ...
. In 1749 he oversaw a proposal by stadholder
William IV
William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded h ...
of a binding college. The Count of Gronsveld fell in 1758 at the instigation of
Willem Bentinck van Rhoon
Willem, Count Bentinck, Lord of Rhoon and Pendrecht (6 November 1704 – 13 October 1774) was a Dutch nobleman and politician, and the eldest son from the second marriage of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland. He was created Count Bentinck ...
.
Bertrand Philip then started the first porcelain factory in the Netherlands in the town of
Weesp
Weesp () is a city, an urban area in the municipality of Amsterdam and a former municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It had a population of in . It lies on the river Vecht and next to the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal in an are ...
in 1759.
with
Louis Gerverot as a painter. However, the enterprise went bankrupt and its goods and clays were temporarily stored in the Muiderslot and then sold to the minister
Joannes de Mol.
References
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20070928055103/http://www.herenvanholland.nl/eigenaar.cfm?eigenaarnummer=45
Gemeentemuseum Weesp
Bibliography
* ''This article is based entirely or partially on its equivalent on Dutch Wikipedia''.
*Gabriëls, A.J.C.M. (1990) ''De heren als dienaren en de dienaar als heer. Het stadhouderlijk stelsel in de tweede helft van de achttiende eeuw'', pp. 120–1, 170.
1715 births
1772 deaths
18th-century Dutch people
Ambassadors of the Netherlands to Prussia
Counts of the Netherlands
People from 's-Hertogenbosch
Porcelain
Ceramics manufacturers of the Netherlands
{{Netherlands-bio-stub