Willem, Baron Ripperda, Lord of

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, Boxbergen,

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and Solmsburg (

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, 1600 – Hengelo, 1669), was an

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at the peace conferences of

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and

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which ended both the

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and the

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between

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and the

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Willem was the son of Baron Unico

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van Boxbergen, drost of

, and Anna van Doetinchem. The old, noble House of

originally came from

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. In 1627 he married Aleyd van den Bouchorst tot Wimmenum. Willem Ripperda left his military career in 1623. In 1631 he was elected to represent the Province of

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at the

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. He was a loyal supporter of the

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and was sent to the peace negotiations in

and

in 1644. These resulted in the signing of the

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Sources

* ''Genealogie van het Geslacht Ripperda'' von mr. C.P.L. Rutgers (1902) * ''Genealogie van het Geslacht Ripperda'' von P.W.G. van Agteren (2014)) * ''Genealogie über 16 Generationen des Reichsfreiherrlichen Geschlechtes von Ripperda'' von Udo Reichsfreiherr v. Ripperda (Koningsbergen, 1934)
Dutch Culture in a European Perspective
Willem Frijhoff, Marijke Spies, Published by Uitgeverij Van Gorcum, 2004, ,

External links

*http://www.muenster.de/friede/d/04_akteure/k31.htm *http://angel.regioportals.nl/tctubantia/Goor/Familie.html

in Vol 6 of the "Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek". (in Dutch) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ripperda, Willem 1600 births 1669 deaths People from Twente Dutch nobility