Complex sentence: Van de Velde was born April 3,1795, near Dendermonde, Belgium, known more commonly in French as Termonde, and was soon given to a "pious aunty" to raise in St. Amand, in Flanders.
Split into simpler sentences: Van de Velde was born April 3,1795, near Dendermonde, Belgium, known more commonly in French as Termonde. He was soon given to a "pious aunty" to raise in St. Amand, in Flanders.