Gilles van Ledenberg[1] (c. 1550 – 28 September 1618) was a Dutch statesman. He was secretary of the States of Utrecht from 1588 until his arrest for treason in 1618, together with Johan van Oldenbarnevelt. He committed suicide to prevent forfeiture of his assets, but he was sentenced to death posthumously and posthumously executed.
^The spelling of both first name and surname varies. Alternatives are: Leedenberg, Leedenbergh,Leedenberch.
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GillesvanLedenberg (c. 1550 – 28 September 1618) was a Dutch statesman. He was secretary of the States of Utrecht from 1588 until his arrest for treason...
1618, by order of the States-General, Van Oldenbarnevelt and his chief supporters, Hugo Grotius, GillesvanLedenberg, and Rombout Hogerbeets, and others...
He was tried for treason, together with Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Hugo Grotius, and GillesvanLedenberg during the political crisis of 1617–18 in the...
Scotland. GillesvanLedenberg, whose embalmed corpse was hanged from a gibbet in 1619, after his conviction of treason in the trial of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt...
in the history of the Republic were: 1650 Johan van Oldenbarnevelt Hugo Grotius GillesvanLedenberg Jacob de Witt 1650–1672 Johan de Witt Cornelis de...
Delftshaven, and in 1605 to Utrecht. There he collaborated with GillesvanLedenberg. In 1617 a polemical pamphlet involved Taurinus in serious political...
together with his colleagues Hugo Grotius, Rombout Hogerbeets, and GillesvanLedenberg, and their 1619 trial, which resulted in their conviction of high...
29 August 1618, together with van Oldenbarnevelt, Rombout Hogerbeets, the pensionary of Leiden, and GillesvanLedenberg, the secretary of the States of...
States-General and forced by François van Aerssen, Oldenbarnevelt and his chief supporters such as Grotius, GillesvanLedenberg, Rombout Hogerbeets were arrested...
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