Reinoud van Brederode (1567–1633)

His father Lancelot was an illegitimate son of Reinoud III van Brederode who with his legitimate half-brother Hendrik van Brederode played a major part in the Dutch Revolt.

Lancelot was vice-admiral of the 'watergeuzen' or sea beggars, and captain at the Siege of Haarlem.

He was sent to Sweden and the Russian Empire as a diplomat in 1615 and headed the Dutch delegation which brokered the Treaty of Stolbovo.

In thanks Gustav II Adolphus made him a 'freiherr' or baron of Wezenberg (now Rakvere in northern Estonia) in 1616.

He married four times: He is buried in a chapel in Veenhuizen, surmounted by a marble effigy of him.