Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
Dutch historian
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Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft - Knight in the Order of Saint Michael - was a Dutch historian, poet and playwright who lived during the Dutch Golden Age in literature. Wikipedia
Born: March 16, 1581, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died: May 21, 1647 (age 66 years), The Hague, Netherlands
Children: Arnout Hellemans Hooft
Spouse: Leonora Hellemans (m. 1627–1647) and Christina van Erp (m. 1610–1624)
Plays: Achilles en Polyxena
Parents: Cornelis Hooft
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