Background
Herman Willem Daendels was born on October 21, 1762 at Hattem, Gelderland, Netherlands. Daendels was the son of Burchard Johan Daendels, the mayoral secretary, and Josina Christina Tulleken.
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Herman Willem Daendels
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He studied law at the University of Harderwijk.
Career
Following the unsuccessful revolt of 1787 against Stadholder William V, he fled to France and, in 1793, took part in the French revolutionary armies' invasion of the Netherlands. He became a lieutenant general in the army of the Batavian Republic, established by the French in 1795, and opposed the British and Russians in North Holland in 1799. In 1806, in the service of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, he conquered East Friesland and Westphalia, for which he was made a marshal. During Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign of 1812-1813, Daendels defended Modlin, near Warsaw. After the defeat of Napoleon, Daendels became reconciled with the restored House of Orange. In 1815 William I of the Netherlands appointed Daendels administrator of the Dutch possessions on the Guinea Coast, West Africa.
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