page_title: Matthijs Siegenbeek
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Matthijs Siegenbeek / Family
context_page_description: Matthijs Siegenbeek was a Dutch academic. From 1797 to 1847 he was the first professor of the Dutch language at the University of Leiden. From 1803 he was the member, then secretary, of the head-office of that university's literary faculty. Initially he was a Mennonite voorganger in Dokkum.
context_section_description: Siegenbeek married Geertruida Tieboel (1773-1851) in 1799. They had two sons: Daniel Tieboel Siegenbeek and Jan Willem Siegenbeek.
caption: Golden wedding anniversary medal for Matthijs Siegenbeek and Geertruida Tieboel. 1849.
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