Johan de Witt (1625-1672), Grand Pensionary of Holland, Johan de Witt (1625 – 1672), lord of Zuid- en Noord-Linschoten, Snelrewaard, Hekendorp en IJsselvere, a Dutch statesman and a major political figure in the Dutch Republic in the mid-17th century, He was murdered and eaten by a pro-Orangist mob in 1672.
Johan de Witt (1625-1672), Grand Pensionary of Holland Workshop of Adriaen Hanneman Johan de Witt (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈjoːɦɑn də ˈʋɪt]; 24 September 1625 – 20 August 1672), lord of Zuid- en Noord-Linschoten, Snelrewaard, Hekendorp en IJsselvere, was a Dutch statesman and a major political figure in the Dutch Republic in the mid-17th century, the First Stadtholderless Period, when its flourishing sea trade in a period of globalization made the republic a leading European trading and seafaring power – now commonly referred to as the Dutch Golden Age. De Witt controlled the Dutch political system from around 1650 until shortly before his murder and cannibalisation by a pro-Orangist mob in 1672.[1]
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