Duke of Mons

Rutgar Bernard Anderson, better known as Duke of Mons, (1560 - 1623) was the head of an aristocratic family during the period of the Dutch revolt ("Eighty Years' War") against Spanish Rule in the Netherlands at the turn of the seventeenth century. He is best known for leading the March of Rotterdam. The Duke rallied the capture of and led over 1000 Spanish soldiers in a march to the City of Rotterdam where nearly half of the soldiers lost their lives in a massacre that ensued.

Family

Jan Anderson periodically would host salons (as they were known in France at the time) for a short period of time before the end of the sixteenth century, though not much is known of it or of its patrons.

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[http://www.historyofeurope.org/belgium/mons/people/duke.html history of europe]