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Enter Johan De Witt, a young political wunderkind who worked alongside members of the wealthy Dutch merchant class to bring down the monarchy and create a republican regime. He was later appointed as the Republic’s Grand Pensionary (basically a fancy way of saying prime minister). The future looked bright for De Witt—until it didn’t.
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Mar 15, 2019 · When Johan de Witt – the ‘Grand Pensionary’ (in effect, prime minister) of the Dutch Republic – was killed along with his brother in 1672, there are accounts of some among the mob taking parts of the bodies and eating them…. Published: March 15, 2019 at 11:20 AM. In 1672 the Dutch Republic was at war with England and France.
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Jun 19, 2022 · In 1665, Johan de Witt managed to keep control of his maritime interests, but by 1672 the war was raging and for Johan de Witt it was to be a disastrous year. England and France, the two main enemies of the Dutch Republic, managed to invade with very little effort or obstruction due to the lack of a Dutch land army.
Jan 6, 2024 · The bodies were horribly mutilated and the onlookers cut out the livers of the two men and roasted and ate them in a moment of cannibalistic violence. Johan de Witt’s government survived for only a few days longer. And thus ended the life of one of most powerful men in Dutch history. The great statesman, ruler of the Netherlands for 20 years ...
Feb 25, 2023 · Johan de Witt – Grand Pensionary, republican, driving force of ‘De Ware Vrijheid’, the idea of undivided civil government – and his brother Cornelis had to pay for this raid with their lives. On 20 August 1672, they were lynched in The Hague by an Orangist mob, by the Ultimi Barbarorum, by the worst barbarians, according to Baruch Spinoza.