Jacob van Wassenaer Duivenvoorde, lord of Obdam (1574,

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- 31 August 1623,

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), was a famous Dutch naval commander, Lieutenant-Admiral of the

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and nobleman during the

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, the Anglo–Spanish War (1585–1604) and the

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. Jacob was the son of Maria van Hoxwier and Gijsbert van Duvenvoorde, the lord of Obdam, Hensbroek, Spanbroek & Opmeer and member of the

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. In 1604 he married Anna van Randerode van der Aa (c. 1580-1614), with whom he had four children while residing in

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. Their youngest child and only son was

Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam Jacob, Banner Lord of Wassenaer, Lord Obdam, Hensbroek, Spanbroek, Opmeer, Zuidwijk and Kernhem (1610 – 13 June 1665) was a Dutch nobleman who became lieutenant admiral, and supreme commander of the navy of the Dutch Republic. The name ''Obd ...

, future supreme commander of the confederate Dutch navy. In 1615 he bought ''Zuidwijk'' from the prince of Ligne, a piece of land near

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and adopted the name "van Wassenaer". Besides his career as naval commander he was governor of

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in ''Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden'', Volume 20. {{DEFAULTSORT:Wassenaer-Duivenvoorde, Jacob van 1574 births 1623 deaths 17th-century Dutch military personnel Dutch admirals Dutch people of the Eighty Years' War People from Haarlem