Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp
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Gijsbert Karel, Count van Hogendorp (27 October 1762 – 5 August 1834) was a conservative Dutch statesman. He was the brother of Dirk van Hogendorp the elder and the father of Dirk van Hogendorp the younger.
Early life and education
Van Hogendorp was born in Rotterdam, and went to school in Berlin. In 1785 he attended the University of Leiden, where he majored in law. He was pensionaris, main legal advisor and advocate, of Rotterdam from 1788 to 1795, only to be dismissed for having princely "orange" sympathies after a republican revolt.
Career
He was part of the Driemanschap (Triumvirate) that invited William I of the Netherlands to become Prince of the new independent Netherlands in 1813. He served as Prime Minister from 1813 to 1814, and headed the commission that wrote the Constitution of the Netherlands of 1814.
Personal life
He was the great-great-great-grandfather of Audrey Hepburn.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Pensionary of Rotterdam 1787–1795 |
Position abolished |
| New title | Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1813–1814 |
Succeeded by Baron van Nagell |
| Vice-President of the Council of State 1814–1816 |
Succeeded by Baron Mollerus |
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| Dutch nobility | ||
| New creation | Count van Hogendorp 1815–1834 |
Succeeded by Willem van Hogendorp |
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