Jan van Stirum explained

Count Jan van Stirum (Borculo, 1567 - ?, 1613) was a Dutch figure of the Eighty Years' War. Originally a canon in Cologne, he later moved to serve in the military of the Spanish Empire, rising through its ranks to become governor of Grol from 1592 to 1597 (including during its 1595 siege).^[1]

He married in 1612 Walburga Anna of Daun, countess of Falkenstein, daughter of Wirich VI, Count of Daun-Falkenstein. They had no children.

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Further reading

• Book: Tops, N. J . Groll in de zeventiende en achttiende eeuw : een kerkelijk, politiek en strategisch storende factor in het oosten van de Republiek . Oudheidkundige Vereniging Groenlo . 1992 . 9789080122512 . Groenlo . nl.

Notes and References

1. Book: Motley, John Lothrop . History of the United Netherlands from the death of William the Silent to the Synod of Dort; with a full view of the English-Dutch struggle against Spain, and of the origin and destruction of the Spanish Armada . 1869 . 316 . en.