1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis

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1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis
1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis (book cover).jpg
Country Netherlands
Language Dutch
Genre Biographical dictionary
PublisherUitgeverij Vantilt
Publication date
2013
Pages1555
ISBN 978-94-6004120-4
OCLC 827790391

1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis is a compilation of 1001 biographies of famous women of the Netherlands spanning roughly 1700 years. [1]

Contents

Project

The book is the result of a research project called the Digital Women's lexicon of the Netherlands (Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland) led by Els Kloek. [2] The biographies are presented in alphabetical order, and can also be viewed online. [3] The breakdown of biographies per period according to the website (which is still growing) is as follows:

Period of birthNumber of biographies
before 139970
1400-149950
1500-1599162
1600-1699295
1700-1799286
1800-1899278
1900-1999125

Over 300 writers contributed biographies. The historians Anna de Haas, Marloes Huiskamp, Els Kloek, and Kees Kuiken each wrote over 40 biographies, while nearly a third were the combined work of various editors. The book was designed by Irma Boom.

Included persons

Some of the more prominent women included in the book are:

NameLived
Ada, Countess of Holland ca. 1188-after 1234
Ada van Schotland ca. 1146-after 1206
Karin Yvonne Irene Jansen Adelmund 1949-2005
Josina Anna Petronella van Aerssen 1733-1797
Countess Albertine Agnes of Nassau 1634-1696
Charlotte Sophie Bentinck 1715-1800
Aleid van Holland before 1234-1284
Amalia van Saksen-Weimar 1830-1872
Amalia van Solms-Braunfels 1602-1675
Amelberga of Susteren ca. 900-?
Emmy Eugenie Andriesse 1914-1953
Anna Paulowna 1795-1865
Anna van Egmond 1533-1558
Anna van Hannover 1709-1759
Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain 1549-1580
Countess Anna of Nassau 1563-1588
Anna of Saxony 1544-1577
Lizzy Ansingh 1875-1959
Margo Scharten-Antink 1868-1957
Maria van Antwerpen 1719-1781
Marretje Arents ca. 1712-1748
Marigje Arriens ca.1520-1591
Margareta Arjensdr. ca. 1600-voor 1665
Elisabeth Bas 1571-1649
An Rutgers van der Loeff 1910-1990
Beatrix de Rijke 1421-1468
Johanna Jacoba van Beaumont ca. 1752-1827
Maria and Ursula van Beckum d. 1544
Betje Wolff 1738-1804
Eva Bendien 1921-2000
Nelly Anna Benschop 1918-2005
Ariana Nozeman 1626/1628-1661
Titia Bergsma 1786-1821
Bertha van Holland ca. 1055-1094
Eva Marianna Besnyö 1910-2003
Maria Francisca Bia 1809-1889
Anna Bijns 1493-1575
Agnes Block 1629-1704
Nynke van Hichtum 1860-1939
Gertruid Bolwater d. 1511?
Ats Bonninga d. after 1494
Gesina ter Borch 1631-1690
Henriëtte Hilda Bosmans 1895-1952
Alida Bosshardt 1913-2007
Antoinette Bourignon 1616-1680
Jacoba van den Brande 1735-1794
Maria Johanna Braun 1911-1982
Geranda Demphina Brouwenstijn 1915-1999
Ria Beckers 1938-2006
Anna Maria de Bruyn 1708-1744
Carolina Wilhelmina van Oranje-Nassau 1743-1787
Catharina Belgica van Oranje 1578-1648
Catharina van Beieren ca. 1359-1400
Catharina van Gelre ca. 1440-1497
Catharina van Kleef 1417-1476
Catharina van Nassau 1543-1624
Christina Chalon 1749-1808
Charlotte de Bourbon 1546/47-1582
Elsje Christiaens ca. 1646-1664
Marie-Anne Collot 1748-1821
Margaretha Coppier ca. 1516-1597
Johanna Corleva 1698-1752
Anna van Cronenburg 1552-after 1590
Elisabeth van Culemborg 1475-1555
Julia Bertha Culp 1880-1970
Polly Cuninghame ca. 1785-1837
Catharina Isabella Dales 1931-1994
Agatha Pieters Deken 1741-1804
Olivia Mariamne Devenish 1771-1814
Foekje Dillema 1926-2007
Geertje Dircks ca. 1610-1656?
Cornelia Hubertina Doff 1858-1942
Elisabeth Carolina van Dorp 1592?-1657?
Johanna Magdalena Catharina Judith van Dorth 1747-1799
Gerarda Victoria Downer 1926-1980
Mary Dresselhuys 1907-2004
Duveke 1488?-1517
Susanna Maria van der Duyn 1698-1780
Maria Duyst van Voorhout 1662-1754
Anna van Egmont 1504-1574
Eleonora van Engeland 1318-1355
Elisabeth van de Palts 1618-1680
Elisabeth van Engeland 1282-1316
Elisabeth van Oranje 1577-1642
Elizabeth Stuart 1596-1662
Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana van Oranje 1581-1657
Emilia van Oranje 1569-1629
Mariska Veres 1947-2006
Christina Gerardus Enschedé 1791-1873
Elisabeth Françoise Eybers 1915-2007
Sjoerdtsje Faber 1915-1998
Filippa van Henegouwen 1313-1369
Flandrina van Oranje 1579-1640
Anne Frank 1929-1945
Johanna Frederika Franssen 1909-1995
Lotti van der Gaag 1923-1999
Jikke Gaastra 1888-1963
Maria Johanna Gartman 1818-1885
Sonia Gaskell 1904-1974
Susanna van Steenwijk after 1602-1664?
Ida Gardina Margaretha Gerhardt 1905-1997
Diana Glauber 1650?-after 1721
Margaretha van Godewijk 1627-1677
Cornelia van der Gon 1644-1701
Anna Gonsalves Paes de Azevedo ca. 1612-1674
Johanna Helena Herolt 1668-after 1723
Maria de Grebber ca. 1602-1680
Aleida Greve 1670-1742
Susanna Groeneweg 1875-1940
Cissy van Marxveldt 1889-1948
Elisabeth Alida Haanen 1809-1845
Divara van Haarlem ca. 1511-1535
Hélène Serafia Haasse 1918-2011
Hadewijch actief ca. 1250-?
Catharina Joanna Maria Halkes 1920-2011
Mata Hari 1876-1917
Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer 1526-1588
Henriette Amalia van Anhalt-Dessau 1666-1726
Henriëtte Catharina van Oranje 1637-1708
Florentine Sofie Heubel 1914-2007
Bertha van Heukelom d. 1322
Catharina Heybeek 1764-1810
Esther Hillesum 1914-1943
Cornelia Catharina Hodshon 1768-1829
Margaretha Hofmans 1894-1968
Mariane Catherine van Hogendorp 1841-1915
Maria Wilhelmina Hendrika Hoitsema 1847-1934
Margaretha van Holland 1234-1276
Anna Cornelia Holt 1671-voor 1706
Sophia Holt 1658-1734
Hortense Eugénie de Beauharnais 1783-1837
Antonina Houbraken 1686-1736
Christina Houbraken 1695-after 1760
Sientje van Houten 1834-1909
Maria Aletta Hulshoff 1781-1846
Maria Dermoût 1888-1962
Isabella van Portugal 1397-1471
Jacoba van Beieren 1401-1436
Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs ca. 1580-?
Charlotte Jacobs 1847-1916
Aagt Jafies d. 1572
Anneke Jans actief 1652-1653
Lucretia Jans ca. 1602-after 1641
Johanna van Brabant 1322-1406
Johanna van Castilie 1479-1555
Johanna van Valois ca. 1294-1353?
Juliana of the Netherlands 1909-2004
Juliana of Stolberg 1506-1580
Foelke Kampana ca. 1355-1417/1419
Kartini 1879-1904
Trijntje Keever 1616-1633
Rosa King 1939-2000
Margaretha Albertina Maria Klompé 1912-1986
Catharina Knibbergen d. after 1665
Henriëtte Ronner-Knip 1821-1909
Fanny Blankers-Koen 1918-2004
Joanna Koerten 1650-1715
Margaret Kropholler 1891-1966
Wilhelmina Jacoba Pauline Rudolphine Kruseman 1839-1922
Juliana Cornelia de Lannoy 1738-1782
Conny Vandenbos 1937-2002
Susanna van Lee 1630?-1700
NameLived
Trijn van Leemput ca. 1530-1607
Mies Boissevain-van Lennep 1896-1965
Wilhelmina Drucker 1847-1925
Katharina Lescailje 1649-1711
Judith Leyster 1609-1660
Johanna Dorothea Lindenaer 1664-1737?
Aefgen Listincx d. 1535
Charlotta Elisabeth van der Lith 1700-1753
Maria van Lommen 1688-1742
Mary of Looz-Heinsberg 1424-1502
Louise Augusta Wilhelmina Amalia van Pruisen 1808-1870
Louise de Coligny 1555-1620
Louise Henriette prinses van Oranje 1627-1667
Louise Hollandine prinses van de Palts 1622-1709
Louise Juliana prinses van Oranje 1576-1644
Louise van Oranje-Nassau 1828-1871
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1623?-1673
Magdalena Hermina Lulofs 1899-1958
Emilie Marguérite Luzac 1748-1788
Adriana Maas 1702-1746
Machteld van Brabant ca. 1200-1267
Margaretha van Beieren 1363-1424
Margaretha van Bourgondië 1374-1441
Margaretha van Holland 1234-1276
Margaretha van Oostenrijk 1480-1530
Margaretha van Parma 1522-1586
Margaretha van York 1446-1503
Maria Henrietta Stuart I 1631-1661
Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel 1688-1765
Maria van Nassau (1556–1616) 1556-1616
Maria Stuart II 1662-1694
Maria van Hongarije (1505-1558) 1505-1558
Marianne van Oranje-Nassau 1810-1883
Cornelia van Marle 1661-1698
Eva van Marle 1661-1698
Hendrika Wilhelmina Mastenbroek 1919-2003
Agneta Wilhelmina Johanna Matthes 1847-1909
Margaretha van Mechelen ca. 1581-1662
Maria ter Meetelen 1704-?
Conny Stuart 1913-2010
Maria Sybilla Merian 1647-1717
Cornelia van der Mijn 1709-after 1772?
Sylvia Millecam 1956-2001
Petronella Moens 1762-1843
Maria Moninckx 1676?-1757
Elisabeth Mooij 1712-1759
Magdalena Moons 1541-1613
Catharina Mulder 1723-1798
Helene Kröller-Müller 1869-1939
Petronella Muns 1794-1842
Johanna Paulina Musters 1878-1895
Gracia Nasi ca. 1510-1569
Dieuwke IJtje Willemke Nauta 1930-2008
Henriette Amelie de Nerha d. 1818
Jacoba Maria van Nickelen 1680-1749
Blonde Dolly 1927-1959
Cornelia van Nijenroode 1629-1692?
Mariken van Nimwegen ca. 1515-
Saint Oda end 7th-1st half 8th century
Geertrui van Oosten ca. 1320-1358
Maria van Oosterwijck 1630-1693
Catharina Oostfries 1636?-1708
Willemijntje den Ouden 1918-1997
Henriette Adriana Louise Flora d' Oultremont de Wégimont 1792-1864
Magdalena de Passe 1600-1638
Pauline van Oranje-Nassau 1800-1806
Henriëtta van Pee 1692-1741
Thea Beckman 1923-2004
Petronilla van Saksen ca. 1082-1144
Plectrudis d.na 717
Aleid van Poelgeest ca. 1370-1392
Maria Ponderus 1672-1764
Bauck Poppema d. 1501
Catharina Questiers 1631-1669
Jurjentje Aukes Rauwerda 1812-1877
Hanna van Recklinghausen voor 1332-after 1349
Trijntje Johannes Reidinga 1799-1869
Christina Reinira van Reede 1776-1847
Trijn Rembrands ca. 1557-1638
Richardis van Wittelsbach ca. 1174-1232
Suze Robertson 1855-1922
Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman 1892-1971
Geertruydt Roghman 1625-after 1651
Magdalena Roghman 1637-after 1669
Catharina Rose d. after 1587
Sara Rothé 1699-1751
Katharina Rozee 1632-1682
Renate Ida Rubinstein 1929-1990
Audrey Hepburn 1929-1993
Wilhelmina Jacoba Ruys 1904-1999
Anna Ruysch 1666-1754
Rachel Ruysch 1664-1750
Sara Saftleven 1645/1650?-1702
Elisabeth Samson 1715-1771
Margaretha Sandra 1629-1674
Hannie Schaft 1920-1945
Maria Schalcken 1645/1650-v??r 1700
Henriette Roland Holst 1869-1952
Cornelia Scheffer 1830-1899
Lidwina van Schiedam 1380-1433
Annie M.G. Schmidt 1911-1995
Teddy Scholten 1926-2010
Maria van Schooten ca. 1555-1573
Anna Maria van Schurman 1607-1678
Thérèse Schwartze 1851-1918
Isabelle de Charrière (Belle van Zuylen)1740-1805
Weyn Ockers d. 1568
Swob Sjaarda ca. 1435-1520
Johanna Elisabeth Smit 1933-1981
Sophia van Rheineck ca. 1115-1176
Sophie Hedwig van Brunswijk-Wolfenbüttel 1592-1642
Sophie van de Palts 1630-1714
Sophie van Oranje-Nassau 1824-1897
Sophie van Württemberg 1818-1877
Maria van Spanje 1759?-after 1782
Adriana Spilberg 1656-after 1697
het Vrouwtje van Stavoren before 1500
Hendrickje Stoffels 1626/1627-1663
Maria Swanenburg 1839-1915
Bartholda van Swieten 1566-1647
Theophanu ca. 960-991
Madame Therese active 1706/1729-?
Petronella Johanna de Timmerman 1723/1724-1786
Alexine Tinne 1835-1869
Adriana van Tongeren 1691?-1764
Charley Toorop 1891-1955
Cornelia Toppen 1730-1800
Anna Louisa Geertruida Toussaint 1812-1886
Sara Troost 1732-1803
Saskia Uylenburgh 1612-1642
M. Vasalis 1909-1998
Cornelia van der Veer 1639-1704
Catharina Jacoba van Velde 1903-1985
Maria Verelst 1680-1744
Annie Romein-Verschoor 1895-1978
Ida Saint-Elme 1776-1845
Anna Visscher 1584-1652
Maria Tesselschade Visscher 1594-1649
Elizabeth Vuijk 1905-1991
Anna de Waal 1906-1981
Lucy Walter 1630-1658
Elisabeth Wandscherer d. 1535
Elisabeth Geertruida Wassenbergh 1729-1781
Johanna Cornelia Wattier 1762-1827
Maria Weenix 1697-1774
Lia Dorana 1918-2010
Sophia Maria Westendorp 1916-2004
Trijntje Pieters Westra 1783-1861
Maria de Wilde 1682-1729
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands 1880-1962
Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands 1774-1837
Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange 1751-1820
Alida Withoos ca. 1661-1730
Maria Withoos 1663-after 1699
Jacomina de Witte 1582-1661
Maria Petronella Woesthoven 1760-1830
Aleijda Wolfsen 1648-1692
Margaretha Wulfraet 1678-1760
Geertje Wyntges 1636-1712
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References

  1. Kloek, Els: 1001 vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis, Vantilt, Nijmegen, 2013
  2. article in the Dutch Volkskrant newspaper
  3. Historici.nl. This database is searchable by period, birth city (over 200 biographies are of women born in Amsterdam), and occupation (almost 200 biographies are of artists)