Constantijn Huygens

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Dutch Golden Age figure civil servant composer diplomat human poet

Constantijn Huygens was a prominent 17th-century Dutch diplomat, poet, composer, and secretary to the Princes of Orange, influential in the cultural and political life of the Dutch Golden Age.

Aliases (2)

Constantijn Huygens Jr. ×4
Huygens ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch Golden Age figure → civil servant → composer → diplomat → human → poet →
burialPlace	Grote Kerk, The Hague →
child	Christiaan Huygens → Constantijn Huygens Jr. → Lodewijk Huygens → Philips Huygens → Suzanna Huygens →
countryOfCitizenship	Dutch Republic →
dateOfBirth	1596-09-04 →
dateOfDeath	1687-03-28 →
educatedAt	Leiden University → University of Franeker →
employer	House of Orange-Nassau → Stadtholders of Holland →
ethnicGroup	Dutch →
father	Christiaan Huygens Sr. →
gender	male →
genre	poetry → sacred music → secular vocal music →
hasSignature	Constantijn Huygens signature image file →
languageOfWorkOrName	Dutch → French → Latin →
mother	Susanna Hoefnagel →
movement	Dutch Golden Age →
name	Constantijn Huygens →
notableFor	correspondence with leading European intellectuals → influence on Dutch Golden Age culture →
notableWork	Hofwijck → Pathodia sacra et profana → Zeestraet →
occupation	secretary to the Princes of Orange →
placeOfBirth	County of Holland → Dutch Republic → The Hague →
placeOfDeath	Dutch Republic → The Hague →
positionHeld	secretary to Prince Frederick Henry of Orange → secretary to Prince William II of Orange → secretary to Prince William III of Orange →
religion	Calvinism →
residence	Hofwijck, Voorburg → The Hague →
spouse	Suzanna van Baerle →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lodewijk Huygens → Lodewijk Huygens ("Constantijn Huygens Jr.") → Philips Huygens → Susanna Hoefnagel →	relative
Pathodia sacra et profana → Zeestraet →	author
Christiaan Huygens → Philips Huygens →	father
Christiaan Huygens ("Constantijn Huygens Jr.") → Philips Huygens ("Constantijn Huygens Jr.") →	sibling
Hofwijck →	architect
Zeestraet →	associatedWith
Constantijn Huygens ("Constantijn Huygens Jr.") →	child
Pathodia sacra et profana →	composer
Pathodia sacra et profana →	creator
Hofwijck →	designer
Lodewijk Huygens ("Huygens") →	familyName
Pathodia sacra et profana →	hasLyricist
Joost van den Vondel →	influenced
Susanna Hoefnagel →	motherOf
Constantijn Huygens →	name
Hofwijck →	namedAfter
Hofwijck →	residenceOf
Hofwijck →	significantPerson
Suzanna van Baerle →	spouse
Zeestraet →	workOf