Bertrand Philip, Count of Gronsveld
Bertrand Philip Sigismund Albrecht, Count of Gronsveld- van Diepenbroick- Impel( 19 November 1715, Empel – 15 November 1772, Amsterdam) was a former Dutch envoy in Berlin to Frederick the Great.
He was the fourth son of Johann Bertram Arnold, Freiherr von Diepenbroick, from 1719 on" von Gronsfeld- Diepenbroick", and Wilhelmine, countess of Wartensleben.
In 1750 or 1751, Bertrand married Amöne Sophie Friederike zu Löwenstein- Wertheim- Virneburg.
He was lord of Wijngaarden and Ruigbroek from an unknown date.
From 1749, he was a member of the Ridderschap of Holland, drost of Muiden and president of the Admiralty of Amsterdam.
In 1749 he oversaw a proposal by stadholder William IV of a binding college.
The Count of Gronsveld fell in 1758 at the instigation of Willem Bentinck van Rhoon.
Bertrand Philip then started the first porcelain factory in the Netherlands in the town of Weesp with Louis Gerverot as a painter; however, the enterprise went bankrupt and its goods and clays were temporarily stored in the Muiderslot and then sold to the minister Joannes de Mol.
Place of birth
The place of birth( POB) or birthplace is the place where a person was born.
This place is often used in legal documents, together with name and date of birth, to uniquely identify a person.
As a general rule with respect to passports, the place of birth is determined to be the country that currently has" sovereignty" over the actual place of birth, regardless of when the birth actually occurred.
The place of birth is not necessarily the place where the parents of the new baby live.
If the baby is born in a hospital in another place, that place is the place of birth.
In many countries, this also means that the government requires that the birth of the new baby is registered in the place of birth.
Some countries place less or no importance on the place of birth, instead using alternative geographical characteristics for the purpose of identity documents.
For example, Sweden has used the concept of" födelsehemortdomicile of birth") since 1947.
This means that the domicile of the baby's mother is the registered place of birth.
The location of the maternity ward or other physical birthplace is considered unimportant.
Similarly, Switzerland uses the concept of" Heimatortlieu d'origineluogo d'origineplace of origin" in German, French and Italian respectively).
A child born to Swiss parents is automatically assigned the place of origin of the parent with the same last name, so the child either gets their mother's or father's place of origin.
A child born to one Swiss parent and one foreign parent acquires the place of origin of their Swiss parent.
In a Swiss passport and identity card, the holder's place of origin is stated, not their place of birth.
In some countries( primarily in the Americas), the place of birth automatically determines the nationality of the baby, a practice often referred to by the Latin phrase" jus soli".
Almost all countries outside the Americas instead attribute nationality based on the nationality( ies) of the baby's parents( referred to as" jus sanguinis").
There can be some confusion regarding the place of birth if the birth takes place in an unusual way: when babies are born on an airplane or at sea, difficulties can arise.
The place of birth of such a person depends on the law of the countries involved, which include the nationality of the plane or ship, the nationality( ies) of the parents and/ or the location of the plane or ship( if the birth occurs in the territorial waters or airspace of a country).
Some administrative forms may request the applicant's" country of birth".
It is important to determine from the requester whether the information requested refers to the applicant's" place of birth" or" nationality at birth".
For US citizens born abroad who under the US Constitution acquire US citizenship at the time of birth, the nationality at birth will be USA( American), while the place of birth would be the country in which the actual birth takes place.
Willem Bentinck van Rhoon
Willem, Count Bentinck, Lord of Rhoon and Pendrecht (6 November 1704 – 13 October 1774) was a Dutch nobleman and politician, and the eldest son from the second marriage of William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland.
He was created Count (Graf) Bentinck of the Holy Roman Empire in 1732.
Bentinck played a leading role in the Orangist revolution of 1747 in the Netherlands.
Peter de Zwaan
Peter de Zwaan( Meppel, 17 August 1944) is a Dutch writer of thrillers for young readers; he is best known as the second writer of the Bob Evers series, which he took over after the death of Willem van den Hout.
Bertrand Philip, Count of Gronsveld
Bertrand Philip Sigismund Albrecht, Count of Gronsveld- van Diepenbroick- Impel( 19 November 1715, Empel – 15 November 1772, Amsterdam) was a former Dutch envoy in Berlin to Frederick the Great.
He was the fourth son of Johann Bertram Arnold, Freiherr von Diepenbroick, from 1719 on" von Gronsfeld- Diepenbroick", and Wilhelmine, countess of Wartensleben.
In 1750 or 1751, Bertrand married Amöne Sophie Friederike zu Löwenstein- Wertheim- Virneburg.
He was lord of Wijngaarden and Ruigbroek from an unknown date.
From 1749, he was a member of the Ridderschap of Holland, drost of Muiden and president of the Admiralty of Amsterdam.
In 1749 he oversaw a proposal by stadholder William IV of a binding college.
The Count of Gronsveld fell in 1758 at the instigation of Willem Bentinck van Rhoon.
Bertrand Philip then started the first porcelain factory in the Netherlands in the town of Weesp with Louis Gerverot as a painter; however, the enterprise went bankrupt and its goods and clays were temporarily stored in the Muiderslot and then sold to the minister Joannes de Mol.
Motherland (disambiguation)
Motherland is the place of one's birth, the place of one's ancestors, or the place of origin of an ethnic group.
Motherland may also refer to:
Daniel Raap
Daniël Raap( Amsterdam, 1702 — Amsterdam, 10 January 1754) was a porcelain merchant who played a leading role during the Orangist revolution in the Netherlands of 1747 – 1751.
During the opening months of the revolution that would put an end to the Second Stadtholderless Period, Raap, together with other agitators like the journalist Rousset de Missy published pamphlets demanding the restoration of the stadtholderate in the provinces of the Dutch Republic that had abolished the office, and the appointment of the Frisian stadtholder William IV, Prince of Orange, in all provinces to this dignity, that should henceforth be hereditary in the male and female line.
At the same time the agitators asked for more influence of the common people on the government that had hitherto been dominated by the Regents.
More specifically, the petition he circulated demanded that militia captains would henceforth be directly elected; vacant public offices be auctioned off; and the guilds be restored in their old privileges.
The agitators asked the Prince to come to Amsterdam to oust the city government, which he did on 2 September 1748.
But instead of appointing new government members from the ranks of the democratic opposition the Prince selected the new city government from the old Regent class, be it from the Orangist faction that had been excluded during the Stadtholderless regime.
This caused a rupture between Raap and the Orangist partisans, like Willem Bentinck van Rhoon.
Likewise, the more radical democrats in the movement distanced themselves from him, because he was considered too moderate.
His erstwhile popularity therefore turned into a deep hatred by the members of the Amsterdam mob, who had earlier revered him, by the time of his death in 1754.
There were riots at his funeral and his coffin was destroyed.
William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland
Hans William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, Baron Bentinck of Diepenheim and Schoonheten, (20 July 1649, in Diepenheim, Overijssel – 23 November 1709, in Bulstrode Park, Buckinghamshire) was a Dutch and English nobleman who became in an early stage the favourite of William, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder in the Netherlands, and future King of England.
He was reportedly steady, sensible, modest and usually moderate.
The friendship and cooperation stopped in 1699.
Adriaen van de Velde
Adriaen van de Velde( bapt. 30 November 1636, in Amsterdam – bur. 21 January 1672, in Amsterdam), was a Dutch animal and landscape painter, son of Willem van de Velde the Elder and brother of Willem van de Velde the Younger, the marine painter.
Where Was I
" Where Was I?" may refer to:

Question: Where was the place of death of Willem Bentinck Van Rhoon's father?
Answer: Buckinghamshire