Frans Adam van der Duyn van Maasdam
| Adam Frans Jules Armand, count van der Duyn van Maasdam | |
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| Member of the Provisional Government of the Netherlands | |
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In office November 1813 – December 1813 |
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| Monarch | Prince William Frederick of Orange Nassau |
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| Born |
Adam Frans Jules Armand van der Duyn van Maasdam 13 April 1771 Deventer, Netherlands |
| Died | 19 September 1848 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Citizenship | Dutch |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Political party |
Orangism Liberal conservative (no party) |
| Spouse(s) | Frederica Maria Isabella Benjamina van der Capellen (m. 1799, d. 1809) |
| Children | At least two sons |
| Parents | Willem, Baron van der Duyn van 's-Gravenmoer en Maasdam lady Elizabeth Magdalena van Lijnden |
| Residence |
Castle of IJsselstein The Hague (1811-†) |
| Education | Law (Doctor of law) |
| Alma mater | University of Leiden |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Officer Squire |
Adam Frans Jules Armand, Count van der Duyn, lord of Maasdam and 's-Gravenmoer (13 April 1771 - 19 September 1848) was Dutch officer and politician. He was part of the Triumvirate in 1813 that invited Prince William Frederick of Orange-Nassau to become Sovereign Prince of the Netherlands. He was born in Deventer, Overijssel.
He was a member of the Medieval noble family Van der Duyn . He joined the army of the Dutch Republic as lieutenant, after completing his military education, in 1787. From 1789 till 1791 he studied Roman law at the University of Leiden. At the age of 20 he became Chamberlain of Prince William Frederick, the son of stadtholder William V. He belonged to the Orange party that opposed the more liberal Patriots who wanted to curtail the power of the stadtholder. However, Van de Duyn was quite enlightened and didn't belong to recationary wing of the Orange party. After the French occupation of the Dutch Republic and the establishment of the Batavian Republic, he retired from public service and devoted himself to study. He rented the Castle of IJsselstein and lived there with his wife Maria Baroness van der Capellen, who he had married in 1799. They were a very happy young couple, but Maria passed away after ten years of marriage. Van der Duyn was fond of literature and had his own private library. He preferred to read the works of Diderot, Rousseau, Bayle, Belle van Zuylen and Goethe. He was influenced by the liberal ideas of his age. He preferred a Constitutional Monarchy and was opposed to tyranny. He did sympathize with some of the ideals of the French revolutionaries, but despised the radicalism of the Jacobins. He seldom left his castle and choose to live a quiet life.
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