Slot Loevestein - HUGO DE GROOT 22 maart 402 jaar

Hugo Grotius, lawyer, statesman and founding father of international law, escaped from Loevestein Castle on 22 March 1621, 400 years ago

Hugo Grotius also known as Hugo de Groot or Huig de Groot was a Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, jurist, statesman, poet and playwright

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slot royal88 He was locked up in Loevestein Castle, the state prison, but managed to get out in a book chest in 1621 The spectacular escape so appealed to the imagination