Wolfert VI (Borsselen) van Borsselen
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Wolfert (Borsselen) van Borsselen (abt. 1433 - 1487)

Wolfert (Wolfert VI) "Graaf van Grandpre, Heer van Campvere, Stadhouder van Holland, Zeeland en Friesland" van Borsselen formerly Borsselen
Born about in Kasteel Sandenburch, Veere, Zeeland, Nederlandmap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 25 Jul 1444 in Veere, Zeelandmap
Husband of — married 17 Jun 1468 in , Veere, Zeeland, Netherlandsmap
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Died at about age 54 in Axel, Zeeland, Nederlandmap
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Biography

Wolfert VI van Borselen (c. 1433 - 29 April 1486, Saint-Omer) was stadholder of Holland, Friesland and Zeeland and Admiral of the Netherlands outside Flanders.

Wolfert VI was son of Hendrik II van Borsselen (1404 - 15 Mar 1474) and Johanna van Halewyn (1408 - 18 Mar 1467).

He married Princess Maria Stewart (b. 1428 – 20 Mar 1465) in 25 July 1444. [1][2] There were two sons from this marriage, Charles and John, who both died during their youth.[3][4]

He married Charlotte de Bourbon (c. 1449 - 18 Mar 1478) in 17 June 1468. Issue:

  • Lodewijk van Borselen (c. 1470 - c. 1479)
  • Anna van Borsselen (c. 1471 - 8 Dec 1518)
  • Margareta van Borsselen ( c. 1472 - 1509)
  • Maria van Borsselen ( c. 1473 - b. 1493)
  • Johanna van Borsselen (c. 1474 - 21 Apr 1509)

Wolfert was born in 1440. Wolfert VanBorselen ... He passed away in 1502. [5]

Research Notes

Wolfert VI van Borselen (ca. 1433 - Sint-Omaars, 29 april 1486) (Wolfheart of Wolfhard), was stadhouder van Holland, Friesland en Zeeland en admiraal van de Nederlanden buiten Vlaanderen.

Heer van Veere Periode 1474-1485
Voorganger Hendrik II van Borselen Opvolger Maximiliaan I

Ambachtsheer van Amstelveen en Nieuwer-Amstel Periode 1474 - 1486
Voorganger Hendrik II van Borselen Opvolger Margaretha van Borselen

Stadhouder van Holland en Zeeland Periode 1477 - 1480 Voorganger Lodewijk van Gruuthuse Opvolger Joost van Lalaing

Admiraal van de Nederlanden buiten Vlaanderen Periode 1466-1485

Voorganger Jan van Luxemburg Opvolger Filips van Kleef (met Vlaanderen)

Vader Hendrik II van Borselen

Moeder Johanna van Halewijn

Marriage

Door de goede relaties van zijn vader Hendrik kon Wolfert in 1444 in het huwelijk treden met Maria Stuart, dochter van koning Jacobus I van Schotland. Door zijn huwelijk met Maria Stuart werd hij tevens graaf van Bouchane (earl of Buchan, comte de Grandpré). Uit het huwelijk zijn twee zonen bekend. Op 20 maart 1465 stierf Maria en zij werd begraven in de Grote Kerk te Veere. Op 17 juni 1468 hertrouwde Wolfert met Charlotte van Bourbon-Montpensier (1445–Zandenburg, 18 maart 1478). Uit het huwelijk zijn twee dochters bekend: Margareta van Borselen en Anna van Borsele (ca. 1471 – 8 december 1518).

Sources

  1. Burnett, George (ed). Rotuli Scaccarii Regum Scotorum (Exchequer Rolls of Scotland). Edinburgh: General Register House (1882), vol. 5 (1437-1454), vol. 5, preface p. lxii.
  2. Dunbar, Sir Archibald H. Scottish Kings: A Revised Chronology of Scottish History 1005-1625. Edinburgh: D. Douglas (1899), p. 192
  3. Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), vol. 1, p. 660 BRUS 12.vi. Mary Stewart
  4. Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families. London: The Bodley Head (1989), p. 232.
  5. Entered by Sherri Harder, Mar 22, 2012
  • Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn. Wolfert VI Van Borselen. Book on Demand Ed., 2012. ISBN 5511566012.
  • Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. I. p. 660 He married (2nd) Charlotte de Bourbon. They had five children.

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I am removing this ID from https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351149 in favor of Borsselen-2. We can correct this any time, but there can be only one...
posted on Van Borselen-15 (merged) by Karen Lowe
I have aproved the merge, so please merge IT.
posted on Van Borselen-15 (merged) by Herman Overmars
Borsselen-2 and Van Borselen-15 appear to represent the same person because: both are referenced from https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351149 where only one ID can exist
posted on Van Borselen-15 (merged) by Karen Lowe
One of the PMs may want to find a source for Wolfert's birthdate. I removed the 1440 date as it was causing an error message, making him 4 yrs old at the time of his marriage to Mary Stewart (marriage is sourced). Thanks,

Jen

posted by Jen (Stevens) Hutton

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