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Anthonie Heinsius, engraving by L.A. Claesens, after a portrait by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
Anthonie Heinsius, engraving by L.A. Claesens, after a portrait by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout

Anthonie Heinsius

Dutch statesman
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Born:
Nov. 23, 1641, Delft, Neth.
Died:
Aug. 3, 1720, The Hague (aged 78)

Anthonie Heinsius (born Nov. 23, 1641, Delft, Neth.—died Aug. 3, 1720, The Hague) was a statesman who as councillor pensionary of Holland (1689–1720) and the leading Dutch adviser of William III, prince of Orange, guided the Dutch Republic’s campaigns against France in the War of the Grand Alliance (1687–97) and the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14). A scion of an urban patrician family, Heinsius practiced law in Delft until 1679, when he became pensionary (chief executive) of the city. Although he was at first critical of the stadtholder William III’s militant opposition to Louis XIV, king of France, he ...(100 of 234 words)

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