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biography
pronunciation:
[boes]
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| (1531–94)
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| Dutch politician, born in Amersfoort, C Netherlands. He was a favourite of William I of Orange, whose francophile policy he supported, but after his death argued for an English alliance. In 1585 he was a member of the embassy to England, persuading Queen Elizabeth to agree the Treaty of Westminster, which resulted in Leicester bringing an army to the Low Countries. Appointed minister of state by Leicester, he was later arrested under suspicion of a conspiracy against him. Although reinstated by the States-General, he never regained Leicester's confidence. |
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