Margaretha Coppier

Margaretha Coppier or Margaretha van Kalslagen (1516, Alphen aan den Rijn – 1597, Breda) was a Dutch noble and a heroine of the Dutch war of liberation. Coppier was the daughter of Jacob Coppier, lord of Kalslagen and Alphen, and Margaretha van Roon. Her brothers and half-brothers all became active members of the Dutch rebellion. Coppier married Joachim Burgher, a polymath known as "Polites" from Goes, who before their marriage had become scribe of Antwerp in 1541. After his death in 1569 she married his successor as scribe, Willem Martini.

Margaretha Coppier

Margaretha Coppier or Margaretha van Kalslagen (1516, Alphen aan den Rijn – 1597, Breda) was a Dutch noble and a heroine of the Dutch war of liberation. Coppier was the daughter of Jacob Coppier, lord of Kalslagen and Alphen, and Margaretha van Roon. Her brothers and half-brothers all became active members of the Dutch rebellion. Coppier married Joachim Burgher, a polymath known as "Polites" from Goes, who before their marriage had become scribe of Antwerp in 1541. After his death in 1569 she married his successor as scribe, Willem Martini.