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{{Short description|Dutch noble (1522–1576)}}
[[File:Jan II van de Werve.jpg|thumb|The death of the Lord of Hovorst by [[Godfried Guffens]] ]]
'''Jan van de Werve''' (Antwerp, 1522–1576), Lord of Hovorst, Vierseldijk and Boechout was a member of the nobility and of the civic government of [[Antwerp]].
== Family ==
{{Main|House of van de Werve}}
{{Main|Ursel family}}
Jan was the son of [[Gerald van de Werve, 5th Lord of Hovorst]]. He married three times with ladies of noble birth: 2nd with Claire Rockox.
His uncle Martin was married to Mary of Ursel, sister of his brother-in-law: [[Lancelot II of Ursel]]. He became the uncle of [[Nicolaas II Rockox]] and [[Jacobus Dassa]], all mayors of Antwerp. His final marriage was to Margareth van Baexem van Achterluyten. He was succeeded as Lord of Hovorst by his son [[Jan van de Werve, 7th Lord of Hovorst]], who died in 1622.
== Career ==
Van de Werve studied canon law, and followed his father in a career of service to the city of Antwerp, serving numerous terms as an alderman between 1533 and 1570.<ref>[[A. J. van der Aa]], ''[[Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden]]'', vol. 20 (1877), p. 119.</ref> During the [[Sack of Antwerp]] by Spanish mutineers from the [[Army of Flanders]], Van de Werve tried to defend [[Antwerp City Hall]] form destruction. His was one of the 7,000 lives that were lost in the sack.
== Author ==
He wrote a Dutch dictionary, ''Den schat der Duytscher talen'', which was first published in 1553 and went through many editions.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/682148014 |title=Den schat der Duytscher talen. Een seer profijtelijck boeck, voor alle de gene die de Latijnsche sprake, ende meer andere niet en konnen. (Book, 1649) |publisher=[WorldCat.org] |date=2017-03-31 |oclc=682148014 |access-date=2017-06-21}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=v7BxlLg-cyoC Den schat der Duytscher talen], 1614 edition, on [[Google Books]].
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