West-Europese adel » Adolf van Borselen Heer van Spreeuwenstein (1527-1584)

Personal data Adolf van Borselen Heer van Spreeuwenstein 


Household of Adolf van Borselen Heer van Spreeuwenstein

(1) He is married to Catharina van Horne.

They got married in the year 1550, he was 22 years old.


(2) He is married to Levina van Tuyll van Serooskerken.

They got married on February 11, 1556, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Eleonore van Borselen  1560-1637 

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Historical events

Birthday July 28, 1527

  • Graaf Karel II (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1515 till 1555 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1527: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 6 » Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.
    • May 16 » The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
    • June 22 » Fatahillah expels Portuguese forces from Sunda Kelapa, now regarded as the foundation of Jakarta.
    • July 12 » Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê dynasty and starting the Mạc dynasty.
    • August 3 » The first known letter from North America is sent by John Rut while at St. John's, Newfoundland.

Day of marriage February 11, 1556

  • Graaf Filips III (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1555 till 1581 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1556: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 16 » Philip II becomes King of Spain.
    • January 23 » The deadliest earthquake in history, the Shaanxi earthquake, hits Shaanxi province, China. The death toll may have been as high as 830,000.
    • February 14 » Thomas Cranmer is declared a heretic.
    • March 21 » On the day of his execution in Oxford, former Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer deviates from the scripted sermon by renouncing the recantations he has made and adds, "And as for the pope, I refuse him, as Christ's enemy, and Antichrist with all his false doctrine."
    • June 27 » The thirteen Stratford Martyrs are burned at the stake near London for their Protestant beliefs.
    • September 15 » Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.

Day of death November 28, 1584

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem I de Zwijger (Prins Willem van Oranje) (Huis van Oranje) was from 1581 till 1584 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1584: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 25 » Sir Walter Raleigh is granted a patent to colonize Virginia.
    • May 16 » Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
    • July 4 » Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe arrive at Roanoke Island
    • July 10 » William I of Orange is assassinated in his home in Delft, Holland, by Balthasar Gérard.
    • September 13 » San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished.


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