Pieter van der Does
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.Pieter van der Does (1562 – 24 October 1599) was a Dutch admiral. He was the son of Jacob van der Does, Earl of Noordwijk (c.1500-1577), schepen of Leiden during its siege.
Pieter Van der Does Earl of Warmond | |
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| Born | 17 January 1562 Pirate |
| Spouse | Phillipa Van Duvenvoorde |
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Life
Pieter Van Der Does was born in
water board, and in 1588 chief schout of Leiden. On 23 December 1588, he received the post of vice-admiral of West Holland, and sometime later he was also master-general of the artillery. In 1594, he was wounded during the siege of Groningen. For his services the States of Holland and West Friesland granted him the fiefdoms of Vriesekoop and Rijnsaterwoude and the title of jonkheer
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In 1597 he was vice-admiral in the
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
, but this was heavily defended, and the attack was unsuccessful. It then moved to attack Spanish possessions in West Africa around Sao Tomé, where Van Der Does died, either of wounds received at Las Palmas or of Malaria.
Bibliography
- Ebben, M.A., De aanval van Pieter van der Does op Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (1599) en de Nederlandse expansie rond 1600, 1999
- Lem, A. van der, Ebben, M.A., Fagel, R.P. & Sicking, L.H.J. (Ed.), De Opstand in de Nederlanden, 1555–1609
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