Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Lord of Berkel en Rodenrijs (1547 – 1619) Dutch statesman who played an important role in the Dutch struggle for independence from Spain. On 23 August 1618, by order of the States-General, Oldenbarnevelt and his chief supporters, Hugo Grotius, Gilles van Ledenberg, Rombout Hogerbeets and Jacob Dircksz de Graeff, were arrested or lost their political positions in government. He was executed in the Hague in May 1619

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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Lord of Berkel en Rodenrijs (1547 – 1619) Dutch statesman who played an important role in the Dutch struggle for independence from Spain. On 23 August 1618, by order of the States-General, Oldenbarnevelt and his chief supporters, Hugo Grotius, Gilles van Ledenberg, Rombout Hogerbeets and Jacob Dircksz de Graeff, were arrested or lost their political positions in government. He was executed in the Hague in May 1619

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