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About Godard van Reede II

• Veldt-Marshal Godard van Reede, 1st Earl of Athlone was born on 4 June 1644 at Amerongen Castle, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

He was the son of Godard Adriaan van Reede, 1st Baron van Reede and Margaretha Turnor. He married Urselina Philopota van Raesveld, Vrouwe van Middachten, Roenburg en Nienburg, en Herveld, daughter of Reinier van Raesveld and Margaretha van Leefdael, on 26 August 1666 at Ellekom, Gelderland. A contract for the marriage of Veldt-Marshal Godard van Reede, 1st Earl of Athlone and Urselina Philopota van Raesveld, Vrouwe van Middachten, Roenburg en Nienburg, en Herveld was signed on 31 July 1666. He died on 11 February 1702 at age 58 at Utrecht, The Netherlands, from apoplexy. He was buried at Amerongen, The Netherlands.

He was Lieutenant General of Cavalry of the forces of the United Provinces on 20 October 1683. He was Lieutenant General and Commander in Chief of the army in Ireland. He fought in the capture of Athlone on 20 June 1691.1 He fought in the Battle of Aughrim on 12 July 1691. He was naturalized as a as a British subject by Act of Parliament, as Baron de Ginkel on 24 February 1691/92. He was created 1st Baron of Aghrim, co. Galway [Ireland] on 4 March 1691/92. He was created 1st Earl of Athlone, co. Roscommon [Ireland] on 4 March 1691/92.1 On 13 October 1693 the King granted the forfeited estates (26,841 acres) of William Dongan, Earl of Limerick. On 15 December 1699 Parliament reversed the King's grant.1 He was Commander in Chief of the allied armies in Flanders in 1700. He gained the rank of Veldt-Marshal in 1702 in the service of the armies of the States General