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Elburg van den Boetzelaer

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Elburg van Boetzelaer (1506–1568) was the Abbess of the Rijnsburg Abbey from 1553 until 1568. She played an important part within the local Counter-Reformation by her reform work of Rijnsburg Abbey and her charity work, and also played a role as a patron of contemporary Dutch Renaissance art.

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