Pieter de Groot
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'''Pieter de Groot''' (28 March 1615 – 2 June 1678) was a Dutch [[Regenten|regent]] and [[diplomat]] during the [[First Stadtholderless Period]] of the [[Dutch Republic]]. He led the Dutch delegation that vainly tried to negotiate the Dutch capitulation to King [[Louis XIV of France |
'''Pieter de Groot''' (28 March 1615 – 2 June 1678) was a Dutch [[Regenten|regent]] and [[diplomat]] during the [[First Stadtholderless Period]] of the [[Dutch Republic]]. He led the Dutch delegation that vainly tried to negotiate the Dutch capitulation to King [[Louis XIV]] of France during the [[Rampjaar|Year of Disaster]], 1672. |
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== Family life == |
== Family life == |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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After having spent a year assisting his father at the Swedish legation in Paris in 1637 he returned to the Netherlands and practiced law till [[Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine |
After having spent a year assisting his father at the Swedish legation in Paris in 1637 he returned to the Netherlands and practiced law till [[Charles I Louis]], Elector Palatine appointed him his ambassador to the [[States-General of the Netherlands]] in 1649. He remained in this post till 1660.Witsen Geysbeek, ''op. cit.'' |
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In that year he was appointed [[Pensionary]] of the city of [[Amsterdam]]. As such he was a staunch adherent of the [[Dutch States Party|States-Party faction]] of [[Grand Pensionary]] [[Johan de Wit]]. When he was ejected from that post as a consequence of the political upheavals that brought the Valckenier-faction to power in 1668, De Witt saw to it that he was appointed Dutch ambassador to Sweden. Two years later he became Dutch ambassador to France. He remained in that post during the difficult years leading up to the start of the [[Franco-Dutch War]] in 1672. He warned of the French war preparations, but was ignored by the Dutch government. |
In that year he was appointed [[Pensionary]] of the city of [[Amsterdam]]. As such he was a staunch adherent of the [[Dutch States Party|States-Party faction]] of [[Grand Pensionary]] [[Johan de Wit]]. When he was ejected from that post as a consequence of the political upheavals that brought the Valckenier-faction to power in 1668, De Witt saw to it that he was appointed Dutch ambassador to Sweden. Two years later he became Dutch ambassador to France. He remained in that post during the difficult years leading up to the start of the [[Franco-Dutch War]] in 1672. He warned of the French war preparations, but was ignored by the Dutch government. |
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