Count Frederick Christiaan Reinhard
van Reede, 5th Earl of Athlone, Vrijheer van Amerongen (1743-1808)
Born 31 January 1743 's-Gravenhage
Died 13 December 1808 Teddington
Married 29 December 1765 's-Gravenhage
Anna Elisabeth van Tuyll van Serooskerken, daughter of Jan
Maximiliaan van Tuyll van Serooskerken, Vrijheer van Heeze
en Leende, Heer van Vleuten and Barones Ursulina van Reede
Born 6 September 1745 Zuylen
Died 16 January 1819 's-Gravenhage
Born in 1743, he was only four when he succeeded his father as 5th Earl
of Athlone. He was a member of the nobles of the province of Utrecht, Ranger
of the same province and, in 1790, became Chief Magistrate of the city
of Utrecht. In 1765 he married his cousin, Anna Elisabeth Christina van
Tuyll van Serooskerken, and they became the parents of nine children. On
25 September 1790 Karl Theodor of Bavaria was instrumental in his becoming
a Count of The Holy Roman Empire.
When the French invaded The Netherlands in 1795, he left for England
with the Prince of Orange and took his seat in the House of Lords. On 1
August 1806 he obtained an annuity from the House of Lords as he was a
poor Peer. In 1808 he died at Teddington, Middlesex, and was buried there.
After the defeat of Napol‚on, his widow returned to The Netherlands and
in 1819 died in The Hague.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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