Johan van Mathenesse

Johan van Mathenesse

Johan van Mathenesse (* 1596 ; † June 30, 1653 ) was envoy of the governor of the United Netherlands at the Westphalian Peace Congress in Münster.

Life

Origin and family

Johan van Mathenesse was born the son of Adriaen van Mathenesse († 1621) and his wife Odelia van Aeswijn van Brakel and Sterkenburg. His father was an influential member of the Dutch knighthood. In 1626 he married Judith Wilhelmina Pieck (daughter of the bailiff Willem Pieck). The marriage produced the children Adriaan, Odilia, Walburg and Gijsbert.

Career and work

Only in 1626 - after the death of Prince Moritz of Orange - Johan was accepted into the knighthood of the province of Holland. This was due to his father's membership in the anti-Iranian party. Johan was a sympathizer of the Remonstrants , supported the religiously moderate currents and was a friend of Hugo Grotius . In 1643 he was appointed by Friedrich Heinrich von Orange as envoy for the provinces of Holland and West Friesland at the Westphalian Peace Congress in Münster. In the protocol he was the second ambassador and one of the pillars of the Peace Party. In the first half of 1646 he negotiated in Münster in order to report to the States General in the summer of that year. In The Hague, he negotiated with the French Abel Servien in the spring of 1647 and signed the contractual confirmation of the alliance with France on July 29th of that year. On May 3, 1648, he traveled to Munster to take part in the solemn evocation of peace. In 1650, Prince Wilhelm II of Orange planned a coup, but it failed. Johan was one of the opponents.

See also

• List of envoys to the Peace of Westphalia

literature

• Heinz Duchhardt, Gerd Dethlefs, Hermann Queckenstedt: ... to an everlasting memory. Subtitle: The Peace Halls in Münster and Osnabrück , Osnabrücker Kulturdenkmäler series, Vol. 8, Bramsche 1996 ISBN 3-930595-83-4

Web links

• Johan van Mathenesse Short biography on the Internet portal "Westphalian History"