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Henry de N****au, Lord
Overkirk (Dutch:
Hendrik van N****au-Ouwerkerk) (c. 1640 – 18
October 1708) was a
Dutch States Army
officer and
nobleman who was a...
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Ouderkerk (older Dutch: Ouwerkerk, English:
Overkirk) may
refer to: Ouderkerk, a
former muni****lity in
South Holland,
Netherlands Ouderkerk aan den IJssel...
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eighty thousand men
under the
command of the Duke of Marlborough, Lord
Overkirk and
Prince Eugene of
Savoy against a
French force of eighty-five thousand...
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Hendrik Overkirk saves William of
Orange from a
French dragoon at the
Battle of Saint-Denis, by
Jacob de Vos...
- squadrons.
While Marlborough led this army south, the
Dutch general,
Henry Overkirk,
Count of N****au,
maintained a
defensive position in the
Dutch Republic...
- Villeroi,
exerting considerable pressure on the
Dutch commander,
Count Overkirk,
along the Meuse, took Huy on 10 June
before pressing on
towards Liège...
- of England. He
inherited the
lordship of
Ouwerkerk (known in
English as
Overkirk and in
French as Auverquerque) in Holland, and was a
count of the Holy...
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Anglicised his name to "
Overkirk",
lived there until his
death in 1708. The "House at the Back"
reverted to the
Crown when Lady
Overkirk died in 1720. The Treasury...
- N****au-LaLecq. One of his sons was the
famous general Henry de N****au, Lord of
Overkirk, King
William III's
Master of the Horse, and one of the most
trusted generals...
- Valencia, Majorca, Naples, Sicily, and Sardinia.
Athlone until 1703,
Overkirk from 1704 to 1708 and
Tilly from 1708. This was in part
possible due to...
