Frederik van Massow

Frederik van Massow (born November 10, 1798 in Rembang , † December 27, 1876 in Zoeterwoude ) was a Dutch nobleman. He claimed the title of baron , was unsuccessful and was therefore completely deleted from the Dutch nobility in 1837 .

He belonged to the Dutch branch of the Pomeranian noble family von Massow . His father Godefridus van Massow (* 1761; † 1818), merchant and councilor of the city of Leyden, had the family accepted into the Dutch nobility in 1817 as "van Massow" . The admission took place in the untitled nobility with the predicate Jonkheer .

Frederik van Massow was born in Rembang on Java , where his father worked for the Dutch East India Company . He studied law at the University of Leyden and received his doctorate in 1821 with a dissertation “De servitute conventionali secundum juris hodierni rationem”.

Massow claimed the title of baron because of his belonging to the noble von Massow family . At the Hoge Raad van Adel he was unsuccessful. Thereupon Massow applied to be completely removed from the Dutch nobility, which was done in 1837 by royal decision for him and his descendants. Massow published a text "Royement uit den Nederlandschen adel" in 1838 to justify his position. He lived in Leyden and on his property at Leyden. He never assumed a public office.

In contrast, his older brother Gerlach Cornelis Johannes van Massow (* 1794, † 1852), who was a member of the college of the Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland and later also a member of the council of the city of Leyden, was awarded the title of baron in 1844.

Frederik van Massow married Adriana Henrica Johanna Baroness van Reede van Oudtshoorn (* 1804, † 1834) from the Dutch noble family van Reede in 1825 . The marriage resulted in four children, of whom only his daughter Petronella Adriana (* 1834, † 1909) , who had married Alfred Eduard Agenor Count van Bylandt , serving chamberlain to the Dutch king, survived . With Frederik van Massow's death in 1876, the Dutch branch of the Massows died out in the male line.

literature

• Paul Hermann Adolf von Massow: News about the sex of those von Massow. Mittler, Berlin 1878, pp. 211–212, no. 394. ( digitized version )
• Wijnman: MASSOW (yr. Mr. Frederik van) . In: Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Volume 10, Leiden 1937, Col. 589 f. ( Online )

Web links

• Frederik van Massow on the biography Portaal van Nederland