Home > Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle

In 1700 William gave him lands of enormous extent in Ireland, but parliament obliged the king to cancel this grant, and William then bestowed on him £50,000. The same year he was made a knight of the Garter. Meanwhile he had served both with the English and Dutch troops, was major-general in 1697, colonel of several regiments and governor of 's Hertogenbosch.

Handsome and engaging, he rivalled Portland , whose jealousy he aroused in the royal favour, possessed William's full confidence and accompanied him everywhere. In February 1702 William, then prostrated with his last illness, sent Albemarle to Holland to arrange the coming campaign, and he only returned in time to receive William's last commissions on his deathbed.

After the death of William III, who bequeathed to him 200,000 guilders and some lands, Albemarle he returned to Holland, took his seat as a noble in the States-General, and became a general of horse in the Dutch army. He joined the forces of the allies in 1703, was present at the Battle of RamilliesThe Battle of Ramillies was a major battle in the War of Spanish Succession, May 23, 1706. The Duke of Marlborough, leading English, Dutch, and German troops, decisively defeated a French army led by the duc de Villeroi at Ramillies-Offus, near Namur, on in 1706 and at OudenaardeOudenaarde is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Oudenaarde proper and the towns of Bevere, Edelare, Eine, Ename, Heurne, Leupegem, in 1708, and distinguished himself at the siege of LilleThe following article is about the city in France. See Lille (disambiguation) for other meanings. Lille is a city in northern France on the Deule River. It is the prefecture ( capital) of the departement of Nord, in the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. It li. He commanded at the siege of AireAire can refer to: Aire the River Aire in Yorkshire, England. Aire is also the name of a commune in the Ardennes departement in France. in 1710, led MarlboroughJohn Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ( May 26, 1650 June 16, 1722), in full The Most Noble Captain-General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Earl of Marlborough, Baron Churchill of Sandridge, Lord Churchill of Eyemouth, KG, PC (in addition to th's second line in 1711, and was general of the Dutch forces in 1712, being defeated at Denain after the withdrawal of OrmondeJames Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde ( April 29, 1665 November 16, 1745), Irish statesman and soldier, son of Thomas, earl of Ossory, and grandson of James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, was born in Dublin and was educated in France and afterwards at Christ Ch and the English forces and taken prisoner. He died on 30 May 1718, aged 48.

Albemarle married Geertruid, daughter of Adam van der Denijn, by whom, besides a daughter, he had a son, William Anne, who succeeded him as 2nd earl of Albemarle.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911 Britannica