Graftombe van Reinoud van Brederode (1965)

Reinoud van Brederode (1567,

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, - 7 January 1633, The Hague) was a Dutch nobleman, lawyer and diplomat of the

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. He was lord of Veenhuizen, Spanbroek, Oosthuizen,

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, Hobrede and Kwadijk.

Life

From the Van Brederode family, he was the eldest son of Lancelot van Brederode and Adriana van Blois van Treslong. His father Lancelot was an illegitimate son of Reinoud III van Brederode and with his legitimate half-brother

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played a major part in the

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- Lancelot was vice-admiral of the 'watergeuzen' or sea beggars and captain at the Siege of Haarlem. After Haarlem fell, Lancelot was beheaded by the Spanish in 1573. As son-in-law to Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Reinoud van Brederode was appointed presiding counselor of the Hoge Raad van Holland en Zeeland on 20 April 1602. He was sent to

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and the Russian Empire as a diplomat in 1615 and headed the Dutch delegation which brokered the Treaty of Stolbovo. In thanks

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made him a 'freiherr' or baron of

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(now Rakvere in northern Estonia) in 1616. Van Brederode returned to the Netherlands in August 1616. He attempted in vain to get his father-in-law out of prison in 1618 and the later was beheaded the following year. He was a knight of Holland between 1603 and 1619 and between 1632 and 1633, whilst Henry IV of France made him a knight of France in 1605. He married four times: #23 January 1597, to Geertruid van Oldenbarnevelt, daughter of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and Maria van Utrecht (died 1601), with whom he had three daughters, including Elisabeth van Brederode, who inherited the lordship of Veenhuizen on Reinoud's death #1603, to Maria van der Duin (died 1607), with whom he had Adam van Brederode (1604-1608) #1612, to Anna van Lijnen (died 1624), with whom he had one daughter #1630, to Petronella van Hiniossa. He is buried in a chapel in Veenhuizen, surmounted by a marble effigy of him - when the chapel was demolished in 1965 the tomb was moved to the town's Reformed Church.

Sources

*http://www.gahetna.nl/collectie/archief/pdf/NL-HaNA_3.20.87.ead.pdf *http://members.home.nl/tetrode/Geuzen/Lancelot.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Brederode, Reinoud van 1567 births 1633 deaths Ambassadors of the Netherlands to Sweden Ambassadors of the Netherlands to Russia Dutch people of the Eighty Years' War (United Provinces)

Reinoud Reinoud may refer to: * Reinoud I van Brederode (1336–1390) * Reinoud II of Guelders (c. 1295–1343) * Reinoud II van Brederode (1415–1473) * Reinoud III of Guelders (1333–1371) * Reinoud III van Brederode (1492–1556) * Reinald IV, Duke o ...

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