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Onno Reint Alberda van Ekenstein

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Jhr.Onno Reint Alberda van Ekenstein
Member of the Senate
In office
21 September 1815 – 21 October 1821
Member of the States General
In office
2 May 1814 – 31 August 1815
Personal details
BornOnno Reint Alberda van Ekenstein
(1752-02-03)3 February 1752
Groningen, Netherlands
Died21 October 1821(1821-10-21) (aged 69)
Huize Ekenstein, Tjamsweer
Spouse Maria Albertina van Berchuys ​ ​(m. 1772; died 1819)​
Children4
Occupation
  • Politician
  • auditor

Onno Reint Alberda van Ekenstein (Dutch pronunciation: [ɔˈnoː rɛint ɑlˈbɛrdaː vɑn ˈeːkə(n)stɛin]; 3 February 1752 – 21 October 1821) was a Dutch nobleman who served in the States General and the Senate. He bore the title of jonkheer.

Biography

Alberda van Ekenstein was born in 1752 in Groningen. His parents were Onno Joost Alberda van Ekenstein and Anna Maria Hora. He married Maria Albertina van Berchuys (1750–1819) on 5 July 1772 in Groningen. The couple had eight children, four of whom survived early childhood: Onno Joost, Anna Maria Catharina, Tathia Adriana Henderica Ommelandica, and Willem.

A Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, Alberda van Ekenstein served on the Provincial Executive of Groningen and Ommelanden and as a delegate to the audit office of the Dutch Republic. Besides, he was on the board of supervisors of the University of Groningen. When the States General of the Netherlands were restored on 2 May 1814 after the Netherlands had regained its sovereignty from the First French Empire, Alberda van Ekenstein became a member. On 28 August 1814, he was appointed to the Knighthood of Groningen, an electoral college of noblemen, upon its establishment, and he would later serve as its president. The States General were split into the House of Representatives and Senate in September 1815, and Alberda van Ekenstein became a pro-government member of the latter. He died on 21 October 1821 in his family estate in Tjamsweer near Appingedam while still a senator.

References

  1. ^ "Onno Reint Alberda van Ekenstein". Biografisch Portaal (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  2. ^ Vorsterman van Oyen, A.A., ed. (1902). "Geslacht van Berchuys" [Lineage of Berchuys]. Algemeen Nederlandsch Familieblad (in Dutch). Vol. 15. pp. 221–222 – via Delpher.
  3. ^ Vorsterman van Oyen, A.A.; Van der Muelen, J.C.; Honig, G.J., eds. (1889). Jaarboek van de Nederlandschen Adel [Yearbook of the Dutch nobility] (in Dutch). Vol. 2. The Hague: Genealogisch-Heraldisch Archief. p. 10 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ De Haan Hettema, M.; Van Halmael, A. Jr. (1846). Stamboek van den Frieschen Adel [Genealogical register of the Frisian nobility] (in Dutch). Vol. 2. Leeuwarden: D. Meindersma, Wz. p. 235 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Van Schie, H.A.J. (17 September 2022). "Inventaris van de archieven van de Staten-Generaal, 1814-1815 en van de Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal, 1815-1945" [Inventory of the archives of the States General, 1814–1815 and of the Senate, 1815–1945] (pdf). Nationaal Archief (in Dutch). pp. 13, 16, 34. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  6. Wittert van Hoogland, E.B.F.F., ed. (1913). De Nederlandsche Adel [The Dutch nobility] (in Dutch). Vol. 1. The Hague: W.P. van Stockum & Zoon. p. 14 – via Delpher.
  7. ^ "Jhr. Mr. O.R. Alberda van Ekenstein (regeringsgezind in de periode 1814-1848)" [Jhr. Mr. O.R. Alberda van Ekenstein (pro-government in the period 1814–1848)]. Senate (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 March 2024.
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