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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.
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The anti-Orange party, remembering the fate of Oldenbarneveldt, were stricken with panic at the imprisonment of their leaders.
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The claims of Holland were overthrown and the head of Oldenbarneveldt fell upon the scaffold .
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After his departure the advocate of Holland, Oldenbarneveldt, became the indispensable statesman of the struggling republic.
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Oldenbarneveldt two hundred years before had told his fellow citizens almost identically the same thing.
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