Wilhelm Adrian von Horn
Wilhelm Adrian von Horn , also Wilhelm Adrian Graf von Hornes (* approx. 1633 in Kessel (Limburg) , † March 4, 1694 ) was a Dutch general of the artillery.
Life
Wilhelm Adrian von Horn came from the Dutch aristocratic Horn family . He was the son of Johann Belgicus Graf von Horne, Baron von Kessel and Batenburg, who had died before 1664 and had been married to Johanne von Bronchorst and Batenburg, whom Batenburg had brought into their marriage as an inheritance , since 1632 .
Wilhelm Adrian von Horn became Dutch general of the artillery in the Dutch War and was governor of Hulst .
An epitaph was set for him in the reformed Oude Sint-Victorkerk in Batenburg in the municipality of Wijchen .
family
His marriage to Anna Justina von Nassau (1638–1721) in 1659 resulted in three daughters:
- Isabella Justina (1662-1734); ∞ the Dutch cavalry brigadier Ernst Graf zu Bentheim-Steinfurt (1661–1713)
- Amalie Luise (1665-1728); ∞ the Dutch Rear Admiral Ludwig Count von Nassau-Ottweiler (1661–1699), son of Count Johann Ludwig von Nassau-Ottweiler and his wife Dorothea Katharina von Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
- Johanna Sidonie (1670-1762); ∞ the Dutch general of the cavalry and governor zu Heusden Statius Philipp Graf zu Bentheim-Steinfurt (1668–1749)
literature
- Hornes in: General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts , Second Section H - N ; Eleventh part Horn - Hultschin , Leipzig 1834, p. 46
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| SURNAME | Horn, Wilhelm Adrian von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hornes, Wilhelm Adrian Graf von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch general of the artillery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1633 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kessel (Limburg) |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 1694 |