Adolf van Meetkercke
Adolf van Meetkercke[a] (1528–1591) (Latin: Adolphus Mekerchus) was a Flemish diplomat and humanist.
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Life
[edit | edit source]He was born in Bruges, into a wealthy family of the nobility.[1]
In 1577, after the Pacification of Ghent, he travelled to England on a diplomatic mission concerned with the First Union of Brussels, with the Marquis of Havrech (Havré), Charles Philippe de Croÿ (1549–1613).[1]
In 1580, he became a Protestant convert.[2] He accompanied Philip Marnix of St. Aldegonde to France, to negotiate the Treaty of Plessis-les-Tours with François of Alençon. He was then appointed as chairman of the Flemish governing council.[1] His support for Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester in 1587 led to his becoming an exile in England, leaving with Hadrian Saravia. This followed a failed plot to mount a coup in Leiden on behalf of Leicester.[3][4][5]
He died in London in 1591^ .
Works
[edit | edit source]Hubert Goltzius published his translations of Moschus and Bion of Smyrna in 1565.[6]
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He wrote a commendatory poem for the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of Abraham Ortelius.[7]
Family
[edit | edit source]He married the widow of Jean Wijts of Bruges.[8] With Jacoba Cerbina he had four sons: Adolf, Nicolaas, Anthony, and Baldwin.[3] Nicolaas and Baldwin were killed at the siege of Deventer, Anthony at Zutphen.[9]
Margaret, daughter of John Lichtervelde, was his second wife; Edward Meetkerke, an English clergyman, was his son with her.[3] His daughter Elizabeth married Thomas Westfield.[10] There was another daughter of this marriage, Salome.[1]
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ There are numerous variants, in particular found in the English State Papers; Meetkerke, Meetkerk, Meetkirk, Meddykyrk, Medekerk, Medkerke, Midkerke, Meetkerque, Meetquerque, Metkerke, Mettkerke, Mekerke, Merkerke etc.; Mekerchus, Medkerkius, Metkerkius. Also Adolph or Adolphus.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d s:de:ADB:Meetkercke, Adolf van (in German)
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External links
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