Tjerk Hiddes de Vries

Tjerk Hiddes de Vries was a naval hero and Dutch admiral from the seventeenth century. The French, who could not pronounce his name, called him Kiërkides. His name was also given as Tsjerk, Tierck or Tjerck.

6 August 1622

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Born in the same month (August 1622): Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein