Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam
Deceased Person
1610 – 1665
Who was Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam?
Jacob, Banner Lord of Wassenaer, Lord Obdam, Hensbroek, Spanbroek, Opmeer, Zuidwijk and Kernhem was a Dutch Lieutenant-Admiral, and supreme commander of the confederate Dutch navy. The name Obdam was then also spelled as Opdam. British contemporaneous sources typically refer to him as Admiral Opdam or Lord Obdam because it was not until 1657 that he bought the Wassenaar Estate from relatives and thus acquired its title. Modern Dutch sources sometimes less correctly insert a second "van" between "Wassenaer" and "Obdam" or use the modern spelling "Wassenaar".
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- Born
- 1610
The Hague - Nationality
- Netherlands
- Lived in
- The Hague
- Died
- Jun 13, 1665
Lowestoft
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on July 23, 2013
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