Baron Frederik Christiaan van
Reede, 2nd Earl of Athlone, Baron Agrim, (1668-1719)
son of Baron Godard van Reede, 1st Earl of
Athlone and Ursula Philippota van Raesfeld, Vrouwe van
Herveld, Middachten
Born 20 October 1668 (Utrecht?)
Died 15 August 1719 Sluis
Married 2 March 1715 * Zuylestein
Henriette van Nassau-Zuylenstein
baptised 22 December 1688 's-Gravenhage
Died 24 July 1759 Utrecht
He was born on 20 October 1668 in Utrecht and was a member of the nobles
of that province. After William III became King of England, and as heir
to his father the renowned Godard van Reede-Ginkel, he was naturalised
in 1696.
When his father died in 1703 he became 2nd Earl of Athlone. However,
he was still Lieutenant-Governor of the Dutch forces and Governor of Sluys.
In 1710, after the siege of St. Venant, he was taken prisoner. In 1715
he married Henriette van Nassau-Zuylenstein and they became the parents
of three children. He died in Sluys only four years after his marriage
on 15 August 1719.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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