Willem, Baron Ripperda, Lord of

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, Boxbergen,

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and Solmsburg (

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, 1600 – Hengelo, 1669), was an ambassador at the peace conferences of

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and

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which ended both the

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and the Eighty Years' War between

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and the

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Willem was the son of Baron Unico Ripperda van Boxbergen, drost of

, and Anna van Doetinchem. The old, noble House of Ripperda originally came from Groningen. In 1627 he married Aleyd van den Bouchorst tot Wimmenum. Willem Ripperda left his military career in 1623. In 1631 he was elected to represent the Province of Overijssel at the

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. He was a loyal supporter of the

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and was sent to the peace negotiations in

and

in 1644. These resulted in the signing of the Peace of Westphalia.

Sources

* ''Genealogie van het Geslacht Ripperda'' von mr. C.P.L. Rutgers (1902) * ''Genealogie van het Geslacht Ripperda'' von P.W.G. van Agteren (2014)) * ''Genealogie über 16 Generationen des Reichsfreiherrlichen Geschlechtes von Ripperda'' von Udo Reichsfreiherr v. Ripperda (Koningsbergen, 1934)
Dutch Culture in a European Perspective
Willem Frijhoff, Marijke Spies, Published by Uitgeverij Van Gorcum, 2004, ,

External links

*http://www.muenster.de/friede/d/04_akteure/k31.htm *http://angel.regioportals.nl/tctubantia/Goor/Familie.html

in Vol 6 of the "Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek". (in Dutch) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ripperda, Willem 1600 births 1669 deaths People from Twente Dutch nobility