About Apollonius Schotte
Lived 1579 – 1639 (aged 59–60). Apollonius Schotte was a politician, poet, writer and stage actor.
Apollonius Schotte (c. 1579 – 1 November 1639) was a Dutch statesman, jurist and poet.
Family His father, Jacob Schotte, had served against the Spaniards in the patriot army under William the Silent. He had two brothers, Simon and Jacob, who distinguished themselves variously in Dutch scholastics and politics. He was a man of considerable wealth. His fortune passed to his granddaughter Maria, who married as his second wife Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, by whom she had several children. She died of smallpox in 1699 while on a visit to Rotterdam.
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Dutch statesman, jurist and poet (1579-1639)
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Apollonius Schotte was born in 1579 in Middelburg.
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Apollonius Schotte died in 1639 in Middelburg.
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Apollonius Schotte was a politician, poet, writer and stage actor.
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