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Willem van den Blocke · Alexandria

Person · 1550 CE – 1628 CE

Willem van den Blocke

Also known as

Guillaume van den Blocke
Wilhelm van den Block
Wilhelm van den Blocke
Wilhelm von Block
Wilhelm von dem Block
Wilhelm Von Dem Block

archival plate · Willem van den Blocke · placeholder

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Connected to

citizen ofPolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth1569 CE
child · father ofIsaak van den Blocke1575 CE

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