23 Facts About Cornelis Tromp

Cornelis Tromp's father was the renowned Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp.

Cornelis Tromp was the second son of Maarten Tromp and Dina Cornelisdochter de Haas.

Cornelis Tromp's name Maartenszoon, sometimes abbreviated to Maartensz, is a patronymic.

Cornelis Tromp's father remarried in 1634, and again in 1640.

Cornelis Tromp's father had made career as an officer for the Admiralty of the Maze.

In 1642, Cornelis Tromp was sent to Harfleur, France, to learn to speak French from a Calvinist preacher.

In 1674 a Dutch fleet under Cornelis Tromp operated along the French coast.

The French coast was kept in fear for some time, but after visiting the Mediterranean Sea, Cornelis Tromp's fleet returned to Holland at the end of 1674.

Cornelis Tromp was closely involved in the murder of Johan de Witt and Cornelis de Witt in 1672.

Cornelis Tromp summoned all the local noblemen of Danish origin to his presence in order to promise they would stay still on their estates and not cause any trouble.

Cornelis Tromp then took a two-week holiday at Baron Jorgen Krabbe's Castle Krogholm, just north of Aletophilus Ystad.

Cornelis Tromp is mentioned in the local court registers for having licensed a Sheriff by the name of Bendix Clausen to recruit men in six different districts and there was some fierce fighting between these troops and the Swedes.

Cornelis Tromp died in Amsterdam in 1691, his mind broken by alcohol abuse and remorse, still officially commander of the Dutch fleet, after having been for a period replaced by Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest.

Cornelis Tromp was a very aggressive squadron commander who personally relished the fight, preferring the direct attack having the weather gage over line-of-battle tactics.

Cornelis Tromp was popular with his crews, despite the danger he put them in, because of his easy-going manners and his supporting the cause of the House of Orange against the States regime of Johan de Witt.

Cornelis Tromp is infamous for his insubordination, although the two examples most often mentioned in this context, not following De Ruyter on the second day of the Four Days' Battle and chasing the English rear in the St James's Day Fight, seem to have been honest mistakes.

Cornelis Tromp was very jealous of De Ruyter but generally treated him with respect, though he considered him too common.

Cornelis Tromp tried to imitate the lifestyle of the nobility, marrying a rich elderly widow, Margaretha van Raephorst, in 1667.

Cornelis Tromp had the reputation of being a heavy drinker, so much so that many inns at the time were named after him.

Cornelis Tromp was a vain man, having an extremely high opinion of himself, which he never hesitated in sharing with others.

Cornelis Tromp felt that, son of a famous father, he had a natural right to the position of naval hero.

Cornelis Tromp however had no great enthusiasm for subtle plotting; later in life he came to regret many of his actions.

Cornelis Tromp died in great mental anguish, convinced he would go to hell as punishment for his crimes.