Johann Wolfart van Brederode
Johann Wolfart van Brederode (* July 12, 1599 in Vianen , † September 3, 1655 in Petershem), sovereign lord of Vianen, baron von Brederode and lord of Noordeloos and Almeide etc., was army commander-in-chief of the Republic of the United States in the Golden Age of the Netherlands Netherlands . He was a political ally of the Republican leader Johan de Witt .
Life
Van Brederode came from one of the most distinguished Dutch noble families, the Brederode , of which he was the penultimate scion. He married appropriately with Anna Johanna Countess of Nassau-Siegen (1594–1636), daughter of Count Johann VII , and later with Louise Christina Countess of Solms-Braunfels (1606–1669), her sister Amalia (1602–1675) with the inheritance holder Friedrich Heinrich von Oranien (1584–1647) was married. Another sister, Ursula zu Solms-Braunfels (1594-1657), was married to the governor of the Principality of Orange, Count Christoph zu Dohna .
Career
Johann Wolfart van Brederode entered the civil service and quickly made a career. After his work as colonel of the Compagnie van Brederode , he was appointed lieutenant general in 1626. Being a talented commander, he was made Brigadier General in 1630 and Governor of 's-Hertogenbosch in the same year . The appointment as general of the artillery followed in 1642 as field marshal of the republic.
Van Brederode and Johan de Witt
But Van Brederode was no partisan of the governors from the House of Orange-Nassau . Rather, he saw himself as a republican and was friends with Holland's political leader Johan de Witt . As the first nobleman of the Dutch knighthood, he was a powerful supporter of De Witt. As the highest general of the Netherlands, he had also suppressed an Orange uprising in Dordrecht and swore the army to Johan de Witt.
In 1654 there was an act of seclusion , which provided for the exclusion of the Orange from high state offices. The Dutch leadership around Johan De Witt, Cornelis de Graeff , Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam and Van Brederode urged the States General to stand behind this decree as a whole. This decision was worked out by De Witt and Hieronymus van Beverningh , one of the most ambitious young statesmen in Holland.
When Johann Wolfart van Brederode died in September 1655, De Witt and his republican comrades had the majority of the knighthood as the Orange party against them, which finally in 1672 Wilhelm III. made governor of Orange .
Literature (selection)
- Israel, Jonathan I. (1995) The dutch Republic - Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall - 1477-1806. Clarendon Press, Oxford, ISBN 978-0-19-820734-4
- Panhuysen, Luc (2005) De Ware Vrijheid. De levens van Johan en Cornelis de Witt, Atlas publishing house
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brederode, Johann Wolfart van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Field Marshal of the Netherlands |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1599 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vianen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1655 |
| Place of death | Petershem |