Arrest and trial Gilles van Ledenberg



the posthumous hanging of gilles van ledenberg


however, death did not prevent judicial commission tried other conspirators convict him, oldenbarnevelt, on 12 may 1619. oldenbarnevelt sentenced death, , forfeiture, , sentence executed posthumously hanging embalmed body, in coffin, gibbet. left hanging 21 days, , after taken down, buried in churchyard of church @ voorburg. however, same night mob disinterred corpse , threw in ditch. caused sufficient revulsion cause hof van holland (the main dutch court) issue injunction against further depredations. body later secretly reburied in chapel belonging son-in-law, adam van lokhorst.








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