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Oldenbarneveldt
/ ˌɒldənˈbɑːnəˌvɛlt /
noun
- OldenbarneveldtJohan van15471619MDutchPOLITICS: statesman Johan van. 1547–1619, Dutch statesman, regarded as a founder of Dutch independence; the leading figure (from 1586) in the United Provinces of the Netherlands: executed by Maurice of Nassau
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It was muttered that he ought to be taken to The Hague to be tried, even as Oldenbarneveldt.
The anti-Orange party, remembering the fate of Oldenbarneveldt, were stricken with panic at the imprisonment of their leaders.
The claims of Holland were overthrown and the head of Oldenbarneveldt fell upon the scaffold .
After his departure the advocate of Holland, Oldenbarneveldt, became the indispensable statesman of the struggling republic.
Oldenbarneveldt two hundred years before had told his fellow citizens almost identically the same thing.
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