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Joost Taets van Amerongen

Biography


Birth: 1761
Death: 1817

Son of Gerard van Amerongen and Anna Susanna Hasselaer. Married (1781) to Susanna Arnoldina van der Goes (1763-1826).

Also known as

  • Baron van Amerongen
  • Life with James Boswell

    Boswell mentions that on February 25, 1764, possibly at Madame Lockhorst's, the young child said about Boswell that "He is in love with my aunt", i.e. Madame Geelvinck - which was at the time quite correct.

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  • Boswell in Holland 1763-1764
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