Julius Philip Jacob Adriaan, count van Zuylen van Nijevelt

Van Zuylen van Nijevelt

Van Zuylen van Nijevelt This family must not be confused with the old noble family from Utrecht, Van Zuylen van Nievelt-Origins:During the 19th C. members of this family tried to prove that they were descendants of the Utrecht noble family. This has later been found impossible to prove.Their...

(19 August 1819, Dommeldange

Dommeldange

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 – 1 July 1894, The Hague

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) was a Dutch

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 politician

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Van Zuylen van Nijevelt served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands

Prime Minister of the Netherlands

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 (Voorzitter van de Ministerraad) from 1866 to 1868. He also served as minister of foreign affairs from 1860 to 1861 and again from 1866 tot 1868.

A member of the prominent Rotterdam patrician (regenten

Regenten

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) family of Van Zuylen van Nijevelt

Van Zuylen van Nijevelt

Van Zuylen van Nijevelt This family must not be confused with the old noble family from Utrecht, Van Zuylen van Nievelt-Origins:During the 19th C. members of this family tried to prove that they were descendants of the Utrecht noble family. This has later been found impossible to prove.Their...

, he was a son of Pieter Hendrik van Zuylen van Nijevelt

Pieter Hendrik van Zuylen van Nijevelt

Pieter Hendrik van Zuylen van Nijevelt was a Dutch count and baron who served as a general in the French and Dutch armies during the Napoleonic era and later...

, a Dutch general who was present at the Battle of Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo

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, among others.