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Boreel became Baron of Vreendijk and Vreenhove. From 1627 to 1649 he was Pensionary of [[Amsterdam]]. Then from 1650 for the rest of his life he served as Ambassador from the [[Dutch Republic]] to France.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Esther Mijers|author2=David Onnekink|title=Redefining William III: The Impact of the King-stadholder in International Context|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9J75Re5MLkQC&pg=PA237|year=2007|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-0-7546-8639-2|pages=237–8}}</ref> |
Boreel became Baron of Vreendijk and Vreenhove. From 1627 to 1649 he was Pensionary of [[Amsterdam]]. Then from 1650 for the rest of his life he served as Ambassador from the [[Dutch Republic]] to France.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Esther Mijers|author2=David Onnekink|title=Redefining William III: The Impact of the King-stadholder in International Context|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9J75Re5MLkQC&pg=PA237|year=2007|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-0-7546-8639-2|pages=237–8}}</ref> |
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He was the son of Jacob Boreel (died 1636), burgomaster of [[Bergen-op-Zoom]].<ref>[[John Penry Lewis]], ''List of inscriptions on tombstones and monuments in Ceylon, of historical or local interest, with an obituary of persons uncommemorated'' (1913) p. 110; [https://archive.org/stream/cu31924007648516#page/n127/mode/2up archive,org.]</ref> As a lawyer, Boreel worked for the [[Dutch East India Company]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Siegfried Huigen|author2=Jan L. De Jong|author3=Elmer Kolfin|title=The Dutch Trading Companies As Knowledge Networks|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=q8d09WTv7fUC&pg=PA133|year=2010|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-18659-X|page=133}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:52, 17 January 2014
Willem Boreel (1591–1668) was a Dutch diplomat.
Boreel became Baron of Vreendijk and Vreenhove. From 1627 to 1649 he was Pensionary of Amsterdam. Then from 1650 for the rest of his life he served as Ambassador from the Dutch Republic to France.[1]
He was the son of Jacob Boreel (died 1636), burgomaster of Bergen-op-Zoom.[2] As a lawyer, Boreel worked for the Dutch East India Company.[3]
Notes
- ^ Esther Mijers; David Onnekink (2007). Redefining William III: The Impact of the King-stadholder in International Context. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 237–8. ISBN 978-0-7546-8639-2.
- ^ John Penry Lewis, List of inscriptions on tombstones and monuments in Ceylon, of historical or local interest, with an obituary of persons uncommemorated (1913) p. 110; archive,org.
- ^ Siegfried Huigen; Jan L. De Jong; Elmer Kolfin (2010). The Dutch Trading Companies As Knowledge Networks. BRILL. p. 133. ISBN 90-04-18659-X.