Maria Clara van Rechteren


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Jkvr. Maria Clara [H. H. Rijksgravin] of Rechteren (Heemse, 28 July 1777 - 2 November 1817) was the wife of Heemse and Collendoorn.

She was born as a daughter of Christinean Louis [Dhr. Rijksgraaf] of Rechteren (1744-1820) and Armgerd Ebella Juliana van Raesfelt of Raesfelt, the wife of Heemse (1757-1780). Through her mother she inherited the goods of Pico Galenus from Sytzama, Lord to Hofstede and Blankenhemert. Pico was an older brother of her mother's mother Clara Feyoena of Raesfelt-van Sytzama.

After the death of her mother, grandmother Clara van Raesfelt-van Sytzama took care of her grandchildren. Cliches Clara wrote poems to her grandchildren: "To my grandchildren Reinhard Izaak and Maria Clara, Count and Countess of Judges."

On July 7, 1796, she married Gramsbergen with Jhr. Jacob van Foreest, Mr. van Heemse and Gramsbergen. Literature

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