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Onno Reint Alberda van Ekenstein | |
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Member of the Senate | |
In office 21 September 1815 – 21 October 1821 | |
Member of the States General | |
In office 2 May 1814 – 31 August 1815 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Onno Reint Alberda van Ekenstein 3 February 1752 Groningen, Netherlands |
Died | 21 October 1821 Huize Ekenstein, Tjamsweer | (aged 69)
Spouse |
Maria Albertina van Berchuys
(
m. 1772; died 1819) |
Children | 4 |
Occupation |
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Onno Reint Alberda van Ekenstein (Dutch pronunciation: [ɔˈnoː rɛint ɑlˈbɛrdaː vɑn ˈeːkə(n)stɛin]; 3 February 1752 – 21 October 1821) was a Dutch nobleman who served in the States General and the Senate. He bore the title of jonkheer.
Alberda van Ekenstein was born in 1752 in Groningen. [1] His parents were Onno Joost Alberda van Ekenstein and Anna Maria Hora. [2] He married Maria Albertina van Berchuys (1750–1819) on 5 July 1772 in Groningen. [2] The couple had eight children, four of whom survived early childhood: Onno Joost, Anna Maria Catharina, Tathia Adriana Henderica Ommelandica, and Willem. [3] [4]
A Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion, Alberda van Ekenstein served on the Provincial Executive of Groningen and Ommelanden and as a delegate to the audit office of the Dutch Republic. Besides, he was on the board of supervisors of the University of Groningen. [3] [4] When the States General of the Netherlands were restored on 2 May 1814 after the Netherlands had regained its sovereignty from the First French Empire, Alberda van Ekenstein became a member. [5] On 28 August 1814, he was appointed to the Knighthood of Groningen, an electoral college of noblemen, upon its establishment, and he would later serve as its president. [3] [6] The States General were split into the House of Representatives and Senate in September 1815, and Alberda van Ekenstein became a pro-government member of the latter. [5] [7] He died on 21 October 1821 in his family estate in Tjamsweer near Appingedam while still a senator. [1] [2] [7]