Van Aemstel Family - Wolfger and Egbert

Wolfger and Egbert

Wolfger (or Wolfegrus) van Amestelle is named in 1105 as a scultetus (bailiff) of Amestelle (Amstelland). His son Egbert built a small castle or keep (actually more just a fortified manor house) in Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, probably on the spot where the Sefardi cemetery Beth Haim was later sited. In 1204, this building was destroyed by the invading Kennemers.

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