Willem Ripperda
Willem Ripperda between 1640 and 1660 by Anselm van Hulle / Jan Baptist Floris
Willem Reichsfreiherr von Ripperda (* 1600 ; † 1669 in Hengelo ), Lord of Hengelo, Boculo , Boxbergen , Rijssenberg and Solmsburg was a member of the well-known ancient noble family von Ripperda and envoy of the Dutch States General at the peace negotiations for the Peace of Westphalia .
In 1623 Ripperda gave up his military career in favor of politics. From 1631 he was a member of the provincial assembly of Overijssel and represented the knighthood in the States General of the Netherlands. He was a loyal supporter of the Prince of Orange and was appointed envoy to the peace negotiations to end the Eighty Years' War in Münster and Osnabrück in 1644 , to which he went to Münster in January 1646.
He was married to Alida van Buckhorst.
literature
- Genealogy van het Geslacht Ripperda by mr. CPL Rutgers (1902)
- Het Geslacht Ripperda by RS Roorda (1954)
- Genealogy over 16 generations of the Ripperda family from Udo Reichsfreiherr v. Ripperda (Koningsbergen, 1934)
- Genealogy van het Geslacht Ripperda by Pieter van Agteren (2014)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ripperda, Willem |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ripperda, Willem Reichsfreiherr von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch nobleman and negotiator for the negotiations on the Peace of Westphalia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1600 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1669 |
| Place of death | Hengelo |