Cornelis Tromp
| Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp | |
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Portrait of Cornelis Tromp by Peter Lely
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| Born |
3 September 1629 Rotterdam, Holland, Dutch Republic |
| Died | 29 May 1691 (aged 61) Amsterdam, Holland, Dutch Republic |
| Buried at | Oude Kerk, Delft, Netherlands |
| Allegiance |
 Dutch Republic (1643–1676, 1678–1691) Denmark (1676–1678)
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| Service/branch |
 Dutch Navy Royal Danish Navy
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| Years of service | 1643–1691 |
| Rank |
Admiral General (Denmark) Lieutenant Admiral General (Dutch Rep.) |
| Battles/wars |
First Anglo-Dutch War Second Anglo-Dutch War Third Anglo-Dutch War Scanian War |
| Relations | Maarten Tromp |
Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp (3 September 1629 – 29 May 1691) was a Dutch naval officer. He was the son of Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp. He became Lieutenant Admiral General in the Dutch Navy and briefly Admiral General in the Danish Navy. He fought in the first three Anglo-Dutch Wars and in the Scanian War.
Cornelis Maartenszoon Tromp was born on 9 September 1629 in Rotterdam, in the county of Holland, the historically dominant province of the Dutch Republic. He was the second son of Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp and Dina Cornelisdochter de Haas. His name Maartenszoon, sometimes abbreviated to Maartensz., is a patronymic and means "son of Maarten". He had two full brothers, Harper and Johan.
In 1633, when he was only four years old, his mother died. His father remarried in 1634 and again in 1640. The two marriages together brought Tromp four half brothers and five half sisters.
His father had made career as an officer for the Admiralty of the Maze. After a conflict with Lieutenant-Admiral Philips van Dorp in 1634 Maarten Tromp left the fleet starting to work as a deacon. After Van Dorp was removed from his position in 1637, his father became Lieutenant Admiral and supreme commander of the Dutch Navy.
In 1642, Cornelis Tromp was sent to Harfleur in France to learn to speak French from a Calvinist preacher.
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