Johan de Witt Jr., heer van Zuid- en Noord-Linschoten, Snelrewaard,

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and IJsselveere (27 May 1662 at

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– 24 January 1701 at

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) was a

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politician, scholar, and collector.

Biography

Johan Jr. was the son of

Johan de Witt Johan de Witt (; 24 September 1625 – 20 August 1672), ''lord of Zuid- en Noord-Linschoten, Snelrewaard, Hekendorp en IJsselvere'', was a Dutch statesman and a major political figure in the Dutch Republic in the mid-17th century, the ...

and his wife Wendela Bicker (1635–1668). Having been part of the old Dutch patrician De Witt family, De Witt took a seat as secretary of the city of Dordrecht. In 1672, after the murder of his father, his uncle Pieter de Graeff became the guardian of Johann and his siblings. Johan de Witt Jr. later became the overseer of the orphanage in Dordrecht (1684–1685). After that he became secretary (1688–1701) and member of the College of Forty (1695) of Dordrecht. Johan de Witt married his cousin Wilhelmina de Witt (1671–1701), the daughter of his uncle

Cornelis de Witt Cornelis de Witt (; 15 June 1623 – 20 August 1672) was a Dutch politician and naval commendant of the Golden Age. During the First Stadtholderless Period De Witt was an influential member of the Dutch States Party, and was in opposition to th ...

(1623–1672) en Maria van Berckel (1632–1706). The couple had two children: * Johan (1694–1751), who inherited his father's property and sold them in 1723 to Jan Hendrik Strick van Linschoten. * Cornelis de Witt (1696–1769),

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of Dordrecht and vrijheer of Jaarsveld. Johan de Witt owned an extensive library, consisting of books that previously belonged to his father as well as additions of his own.H. W. de Kooker, Bert van Selm, Boekcultuur in de Lage Landen, 1500-1800: bibliografie van publikaties over particulier boekenbezit in Noord- en Zuid-Nederland, verschene voor 1991, HES, 1993

References

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