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Johanna Magdalena Catharina "Judith" van Dorth (7 May 1747, in Warnsveld – 22 November 1799, in Winterswijk), known as ''Freule Van Dorth'' (Lady of Dorth), was a Dutch orangist and aristocrat. She was executed for treason. She is the only woman in the history of the Netherlands to have been executed by a military tribunal. She is regarded to have been the victim of terrible injustice, and was used by the orangist political propaganda as a victim of the republicans.


References

* Gert Jan van Setten
Biography
at the Online Dictionary of Dutch Women {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorth, Judith van 1747 births 1799 deaths 18th-century Dutch criminals Dutch Orangists Executed Dutch women 18th-century executions by the Netherlands People executed for treason against the Netherlands People from Warnsveld