Maria Tesselschade Visscher

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Maria Tesselschade Roemersdochter Visscher or Tesselschade (March 25, 1594 – June 20, 1649) was a Dutch poet.

[edit] Life

Tesselschade was the youngest daughter of Roemer Visscher. She got the name Tesselschade ("Damage on Tessel"), because her father lost a ship near the Dutch island Texel on the day of her birth. She was a member of the Muiderkring, and a good friend of people like P.C. Hooft, Constantijn Huygens and Barlaeus. In remembrance of Tesselschade there are several streets named after her, such as the Tesselschadestraat or Tesselschadelaan in Eindhoven, Amsterdam, Zwolle, Leiden and Leeuwarden.

[edit] Works

The best known sentence of Tesselschade is "Elck zijn waerom", meaning "everyone has his reason".

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