Ten streets
Still, he has quite a few streets to his name, this Filips van Marnix. He is the namesake of the Eerste Marnixdwarsstraat, Marnixstraat, Tweede Marnixdwarsstraat, Derde Marnixdwarsstraat, Marnixkade, Korte Marnixkade, Eerste Marnixplansoen, Tweede Marnixplansoen, Marnixplein, Marnixstraat and Korte Marnixstraat. That fills a paragraph nicely, doesn't it! ;)
The writer of the Wilhelmus?
Marnix is possibly the poet behind the Wilhelmus, the Dutch national anthem. That is not entirely certain, though. It was attributed to him because it was written at a time when he was working for William of Orange. In any case, a man of status who in himself does not have all that many ties to the city of Amsterdam. Marnix was born in Antwerp and died in Leiden. To this day the family is part of the high Belgian nobility.
- 01We mentioned it briefly in the introduction: Marnix is a popular boys' name that can be traced back to this man.
- 02In Amsterdam a men's fraternity of the ASC (Amsterdam student society) is named after Marnix.
- 03Besides Amsterdam, many Dutch cities have Marnix streets, squares, roads and gardens. And Belgium too, of course.
Sources (2)
- Stadsarchief Amsterdam, straatnamenregister
- Rijksmuseum, portret Marnix
