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Diederik Jacob den Beer Poortugael

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Birthplace: Leiden, Leiden, South Holland, The Netherlands
Death: June 10, 1879 (79)
The Hague, The Hague, South Holland, The Netherlands
Place of Burial: Den Haag Oud Eik En Duinen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Immediate Family:

Son of Jacobus Catharinus Cornelis den Beer Poortugael and Anna Clarissa Maria Wassenbergh
Husband of Hermina Clasina Muller and Hermina Clasina Muller Beeldsnijder
Father of Jacobus Catharinus Cornelis den Beer Poortugael; Anna Maria Clasina den Beer Poortugael; Diederik Jacob Herman Nicolaas den Beer Poortugael; Ada Camilla Johanna Maria den Beer Poortugael and Leonardina Wilhelmina Carolina den Beer Poortugael
Brother of Leonarda Wilhelmina den Beer Poortugael and Adam Camillus Johannes Marius den Beer Poortugael

Occupation: Dutch officer and poet, Knight of the Military William Order, , 1e luitenant 5de afd. infanterie, Ontvanger der directe belastingen
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About Diederik Jacob den Beer Poortugael


  • Diederik Jacob den Beer Poortugaal
  • Netherlands, Leiden Baptisms, 1600-1825
  • Birth: Apr 16 1800
  • Baptism: Apr 23 1800 - Leiden, Netherlands
  • Parents: Jacobus Catharinus Cornelis den Beer Poortugaal, Anne Clarissa Wassenbergh
  • Institution: Erfgoed Leiden en omstreken
  • Archive: 1004
  • Registry #: 276
  • Source place: Leiden

He was a Dutch officer and poet, Knight of the Military William Order. he was admitted to the Latin school but at the age of 13 again picked provisionally at a trading office. In December 1817 he was ensign in the battalion of hunters in Ghent, where he shortly afterwards went into garrison at Ypres and in 1820 was promoted to second lieutenant. During the Belgian Revolution, when the Military Academy was temporarily lifted, Den Beer Poortugael was appointed to the Company Voluntary Hunters of Leiden University to help set up and with that company he made in August 1831 Day Campaign along. Due to illness Den Beer Poortugael forced to leave the service in 1835 and that same year he was rich receiver, first Brummen, then Pijnacker, in Delft. The Beer Poortugael was in 1833 a member of the Society of Dutch Literature. As a token of appreciation, he gave the Company a letter of 1669, in Stockholm, written by Peter the Great to Johan de Witt. During the stay of Den Beer Poortugael Brummen granted to his participation in the creation of Mettray Netherlands (1851), he helped to found a department of the Society for Public Welfare 't General and his address to the King and to the House of Representatives on the Abolition of Slavery (1856). In 1867, after the annexation of Hanover by Prussia, he stood in Sneek at the head of a corps of sharpshooters, whose exercises in arms he led.

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Diederik Jacob den Beer Poortugael's Timeline

1800
April 16, 1800
Leiden, Leiden, South Holland, The Netherlands
April 23, 1800
Waalse kerk, Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
1832
February 1, 1832
Leiden, ZH, Netherlands
1833
1833
1835
March 15, 1835
Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
1837
July 12, 1837
Gorssel, Lochem, Gelderland, Netherlands
1841
1841
1879
June 10, 1879
Age 79
The Hague, The Hague, South Holland, The Netherlands