Ripperda

He had served in the French armies; and having afterwards been noticed both by Ripperda and Alberoni, their example, perhaps, inflamed a spirit as ambitious and as unprincipled as their own.

The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 1993

It was garrisoned by 4000 men, stern Calvinists, under the resolute leadership of Ripperda and

History of Holland George Edmundson 1889

Ripperda, a Groningen nobleman, who had originally gone to Spain as ambassador of the States.

History of Holland George Edmundson 1889

The survivors of the heroic garrison were all butchered, and Ripperda and Brederode, their gallant leaders, executed.

History of Holland George Edmundson 1889

England had a sort of Ripperda of her own in the person of the wild Duke of Wharton, the man whose eloquent and ferocious invective had contributed to the sudden death of Lord

A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871

Alberoni, in exile and disgrace, had been succeeded by a burlesque imitation of him, the Duke of Ripperda, a

A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871

In 1725 Ripperda negotiated a secret treaty between the Emperor, Charles the Sixth, and the King of Spain, and was rewarded with the title of duke.

A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4) Justin McCarthy 1871

-- Captain Ripperda, who had so heroically rebuked the craven conduct of the magistracy, whose eloquence had inflamed the soldiers and citizens to resistance, and whose skill and courage had sustained the siege so long, was among the first to suffer.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 19: 1572-73 John Lothrop Motley 1845

For, while these emissaries of a cowardly magistracy were absent, the stout commandant of the little garrison, Ripperda, had assembled the citizens and soldiers in the market-place.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 19: 1572-73 John Lothrop Motley 1845

Ripperda addressed men who could sympathize with his bold and lofty sentiments.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 19: 1572-73 John Lothrop Motley 1845