Agatha Welhouk
Central figure in Dutch court case
About Agatha Welhouk
Lived 1637 – 1715 (aged 77–78).
Agatha Welhouk (1637–1715) was the central figure of a court case in the Netherlands, where she and her father, sued each other regarding whether a marriage should be considered legal if it had taken place without the consent of the parent.
Welhouk was the daughter of Mayor Gerahdo Cornelisz Welhouck of Delft and Petronella Adriaansdr.
She married a vicar, Arnold Bornius, without the consent of her father in 1655, for which she was sued by her father in 1657. They were forced to separate in 1658, and Welhouk was sentenced to house arrest after having seen her spouse in 1661.
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Who was Agatha Welhouk?
Central figure in Dutch court case
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Agatha Welhouk was born in 1637 in Delft.
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Agatha Welhouk died in 1715.
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