Alexander Sweder - Baron von Spaen
Biography
Birth: 1703
Death: 1768
Son of Alexander Bernhard Sweder (1669-1745) and Johanna van Laer. Married (1749) to Elisabeth Agnès Jacoba de Nassau La Lecq (1724-1798), a niece of Count Nassau's.
Also known as
- Baron von Spaen
- Colonel Spaen
Life with James Boswell
Boswell was invited to dine with the Colonel and his family at the Hague on December 21, 1763, after having received a introduction to Von Spaen from the Countess of Nassau Beverweerd. He was warmly received, and visited and/or dined with the Baron a further couple of times during his stay in Holland.
On June 19, 1764, he stopped by to visit the Baron at his castle, Bellevue in Kleves, on one of the first days of his tour of German courts together with Lord Marischal and Madame de Froment.
Notes
Main sources for this article are Boswell in Holland 1763-64 and the website Charriere.nl.
Mentioned in
Alexander Sweder is mentioned in:
- Boswell in Holland 1763-1764
