Anna Margaretha van Aerssen van Sommelsdijk (1713-1803) | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Research thousands of books, journals, articles and more. FREE TRIAL! |
BiographyAnna Margaretha van Aerssen van Sommelsdijk. (1713-1803) (aka. Baroness Duyn - Madame Maasdam - Vrouwe van Sommel) Daughter of Francis van Aerssen van Sommelsdyck (1660-1740), Admiral, a first cousin of Boswell's grandfather, James, and Maria van Aerssen van Wernhout. Sister of Heer van Sommelsdyck. Married (1730) to Philippe de Jouccourt (b. ca. 1709). Married (1742) to Aarnoud Joost van der Duyn. Life with James Boswell:
Boswell met her on December 28, 1763, possibly at Baron Sporck's in The Hague. In a memo he wrote that Madame Maasdam told you how la Comtesse was taken to Utrecht, as there were strange suspicions. "She is a little galante, but do not whisper it".1
This article was last updated at January 28 2008 12:18:59 CET Other links of possible interest
|
Other biographies that refer to Anna Margaretha van Aerssen van Sommelsdijk:
|
© 2004-2008 Thomas Frandzen. Read About this site for further info and disclaimer. |
||