Willem Joseph van Ghent Military person

Willem Joseph baron van Ghent tot Drakenburgh (16 May 1626 – 7 June 1672) was a 17th-century Dutch admiral. His surname is also sometimes rendered Gendt or Gent.

Personal facts

Willem Joseph van Ghent
Birth dateMay 16, 1626
Birth place
Betuwe
Date of deathJune 07, 1672
Place of death
Battle of Solebay
Resting place
St. Martin's Cathedral Utrecht

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Military person

military operations
Second Anglo-Dutch War
Raid on the Medway
Third Anglo-Dutch War
Battle of Solebay
military branch
Royal Netherlands Navy
Royal Netherlands Army
service start1648
service end1672

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