Background
He was born in Rotterdam, the son of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt.
forester of Holland Remonstrant preacher
He was born in Rotterdam, the son of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt.
They had three children. Jacoba Francina (1610), Johan (1612) and Jacob van Oldenbarnevelt (1614). Reinier became forester of Holland and lived in the Slot Teylingen at Voorhout.
The assassination attempt failed however, and Reinier van Oldenbarnevelt was beheaded in 1623 in The Hague (as his father had been) for financial complicity in the conspiracy to assassinate prince Maurice.