BORSSELEN, Count Wolfert Van VI

1433 - 1486  (53 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	BORSSELEN, Wolfert Van
  Prefix	Count
  Suffix	VI
  Birth	1433	Well, Limburg, Netherlands
  Gender	Male
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  Death	20 Apr 1486	Saint-Omer, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
  Burial	May 1486	Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands
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  Person ID	I50036	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

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  Family	SCOTLAND, Princess Mary ,   b. 1429, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland Perth, Perthshire, Scotlandd. 20 Mar 1465, Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	1444	Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands
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  Wolfert VI of Borselen (c. 1433 – 29 April 1486, Saint-Omer) was stadholder of Holland, Friesland and Zeeland, Admiral of the Netherlands outside Flanders and Lord of Veere. He was the son of Henry II of Borselen, and was able, through his fathers good relations, to marry in 1454 with Princess Maria Stewart, daughter of King James I of Scotland. By his marriage he became Earl of Buchan. They had two sons. After the death of Mary on 20 March 1465, Wolfert remarried in 1468 with Charlotte of Bourbon-Montpensier (1445–1478). They had two daughters. In 1464 he was made Marshal of France by Louis XI of France. In 1466 he became Admiral of the Netherlands outside Flanders (general admiral de la mer d'Artois, Boulonnais, Hollande, Zélande et Frise). The next year, he became stadholder of Holland and Zeeland, and in 1478 Knight in the Order of the Golden Fleece. When Wolfert VI of Borselen could no longer control the situation in the Holland and Zeeland, during the Hook and Cod wars in 1479, he was replaced by Joost de Lalaing. He held his other functions, but when he chose the side of the Flemish Revolt against Maximilian of Austria, he lost all his powers. Source: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfert_VI_of_Borselen ---------------------------------------------