Rombout Hogerbeets
Rombout Hogerbeets, engraving by Jacobus Houbraken
Rombout Hogerbeets (born June 24, 1561 in Hoorn ; † September 7, 1625 ) was a Dutch statesman.
Hogerbeets studied law under Hugo Donellus at the University of Leiden . In 1590 the city government of Leiden elected him their pensioner .
In 1619, as he was a political and religious ( remonstrant ) supporter of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, he was sentenced to life imprisonment at the fortress Loevestein together with his important colleague Hugo Grotius . In 1625, however, Hogerbeets was set free again by an act of grace.
literature
- Pieter Lodewijk Muller: Hogerbeets, Rombout . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 652.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hogerbeets, Rombout |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1561 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hoorn |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 7, 1625 |